The Book of Wonder Voyages.
by JACOBS, Joseph. [Illustrated by J.D. Batten]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896. First American edition. Small quarto, rose cloth, with elaborate pictorial stamping in the art nouveau style, pp. xii, 224. With 25 illustrations by Batten, including a photogravure frontispiece. With a section of notes by Jacobs on the historical basis of these legends and tales. Some pages roughly opened with resultant chips and small tears in the margins of some pages, some dustly thumb-marks to pages, covers are lightly soiled, with fraying and baring at the corner tips, and small frays at the spine ends. A nice copy of a beautifully designed 1890s book..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09746
- Title
- The Book of Wonder Voyages.
- Author
- JACOBS, Joseph. [Illustrated by J.D. Batten]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896. First American edition.
- Keywords
- EIGHTEEN-NINETIES; VICEDW; 09746
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1890's;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....