London. Jackson and Walford. 1845. Soft cover. 12mo. 17cm, tenth edition, vi.[i], 502p., bound in contemporary hard polished tan calf, gilt and blind ruled raised bands, full gilt decorations and borders in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt titles, gilt ruled borders and edges on the boards, marbled endpapers and edges, a fine copy in attractively fine binding. (Lt) A posthumous compilation, mostly from `The Youth's Magazine'.

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Bookseller: Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 39454
Title: The Contributions of Q.Q.
Author: TAYLOR, Jane
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: London. Jackson and Walford. 1845
Keywords: ENGLAND ENGLISH BRITAIN LITERATURE NINETEENTH CENTURY STORIES CHILDREN FINE TRADE NINEENTH BINDINGS

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Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
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...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...