THE CHRISTMAS BELLS and Their Message and Other Stories
by N/A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$531.15A$424.92
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About This Item
London- UK: The Book Society , 1882. THE CHRISTMAS BELLS and Their Message and Other Stories- No Author- Illustrated-The Book Society-London- ND-pre1883- Hardocver:-16mo- VG+/ no dj- as issued- original publishers brown cloth-with black illustrations and title on cover and gilt title on spine-rubbed at extremities but spine and textblock are tight and cover clean-128pp slightly foxed but clean, no tears or writing- prize dedication plate on innner cover dated Jan 18th, 1883-so we can assume an earlier printing date-ie:1882 pre-December 25th- Contains: The Christmas Bells and Their Message, How the Umbrella Ran Away with Ellie, Jack's Christmas and No Pocket- There is no author mentioned- EXTREMELY SCARCE- we have never seen another copy and there are none on the net and none in the Library of Congress- One Available at Cambridge University in their RARE book department! A great collectible- Fiction-juvenile-Christmas-stories-illustrated (3252) . 1st Edition. Illustrated Cloth Pastedown. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3252
- Title
- THE CHRISTMAS BELLS and Their Message and Other Stories
- Author
- N/A
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Book Society
- Place of Publication
- London- UK
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-Christmas-stories-illustrated
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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