The Christ-Born: A Christmas Story
by Blunt, Ellen Key
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Phila: Lippincott, 1858. First. Cloth. Good. First edition. Scarce. Slim 12mo. in brown blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Worn at the edges though the gilt lettering is still fairly bright. Shallow loss at the foot of the spine and a short section of loss to the cloth near the head of the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D8411
- Title
- The Christ-Born: A Christmas Story
- Author
- Blunt, Ellen Key
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Phila
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- Christmas, Jesus, Bethlehem,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Christmas;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
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
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....