Frederick Warne & Co., London and Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, New York, [187?]. HB. Half black leather and green pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on spine with blindstamped designs and gilt bands, 16mo, viii, 375 pp. First American edition, originally published by Bentley of London in 1872. Minor foxing to preliminaries, owners initials on front pastedown, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very light edge wear, minor soiling to edges of text block. A rather handsome copy of an uncommon title, OCLC records two copies of this edition. Book condition VG.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: EE5734
Title: Branksome Dene: A Sea Tale
Author: Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co., London and Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, New York
Date Published: [187?]
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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....