Fairy know-a-bit
by A. L. O. E. [TUCKER, Charlotte Maria]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. vi, [3], 10-220pp, [4]. With a half-title, frontispiece, additional title page, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and a trifle cocked. Leaves browned. The first edition of a collection of original fairy tales by children's writer and missionary Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893), written under the pseudonym A. L. O. E. (that is, A Lady of England). . First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27650
- Title
- Fairy know-a-bit
- Author
- A. L. O. E. [TUCKER, Charlotte Maria]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Children's
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Cocked
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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...
- First Edition
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