London: Frederick Warne. Hard Cover. No date but circa 1890s. Slim, large 8vo. in color litho paper covered boards with design of three children waving to a passing train in the countryside. Unpaginated (26 pps.) Illustrated with full and partial page engravings of trains, boatsa nd ships, travel scenes. Front and rear pastedowns have illustrated British ads (front is for Robinson's Patent Barley additive for milk, rear is for Monkey Brand soap) Rear cover is decorative ad for Cadbury's Cocoa. A tight example, some rounding to the corners of the boards, with hinges neatly reinforced with old paper tape, red cloth spine strip also neatly reinforced with a narrow strip of the same material. Offsetting to the first and last leaves and with occasional to a few of the pages (significant on two of them.) An attractive, rather scarce title.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E4772
Title: The Book of Trains and Steamboats
Author: Valentine, L
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick Warne
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Children, Juvenile, Victorian, Trains, Transportation, Railroad, Travel, Boats, Steamboats
Bookseller catalogs: Railroad;

Terms of Sale

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

About the Seller

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2005

Bordentown, New Jersey

Ask Seller a Question

About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

Glossary

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
ND: no publisher's date given
Spine Strip: The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...