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The Book of Baby Beasts
by DUGDALE, Florence; DETMOLD, E. J. (illus.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, nd. ca. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 119 p. 29 cm. 19 tipped-in colour plates by Detmold. Brown cloth spine with cream paper boards, pasted on circular squirrel illustration. Inside, the squirrel plate is detached with slightly roughened lower edge. Some wear to spine with small tears in spine ends and tear in front hinge. Corners worn. Boards lightly soiled. Foxing mainly to first pages. Front hinge cracking a little. Rear endpapers replaced. Thumbprints. With the exception of the Donkey illustration, which has some thumbing and faint blue marks, the plates are spotless, vibrant and captivating to look at.
Florence Dugdale (Mrs. Thomas Hardy) described a diverse menagerie composed of a polar bear, squirrel, donkey, rat, chimpanzee, elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tiger, camel, giraffe, kangaroo, dog, kitten, colt, lamb, calf, llama and fawn.
Florence Dugdale (Mrs. Thomas Hardy) described a diverse menagerie composed of a polar bear, squirrel, donkey, rat, chimpanzee, elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tiger, camel, giraffe, kangaroo, dog, kitten, colt, lamb, calf, llama and fawn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103393
- Title
- The Book of Baby Beasts
- Author
- DUGDALE, Florence; DETMOLD, E. J. (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- nd. ca. 1911
- Keywords
- Childrens Literature, Illustrated Books, Nature, Animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Attic Books
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London, Ontario
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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