NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Former owner's bookplate on fep, faint moisture toning along the edges, a couple of un-cut pages at the end, else textblock is clean and tight, illustrated end papers; Faded top edge; Sunned spine and tips; Front board slightly bowed outward at the edges; Surface rubbed, front cover, full-color paper paste-down; Bumped head and foot of spine and boards. 259p.. Cloth w/Paper Paste-down. Very Good. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SB15825
Title: The Children of Dickens
Author: Crothers, Samuel McChord
Illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1926
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: English Literature, Literary Classics

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....
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...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...