Flora's Feast A Masque of Flowers
by Crane, Walter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London Paris Melbourne: Cassel and Company Limited, 1892. A book of children's verse written and drawn by Walter Crane (1845-1915), the famous artist and book illustrator, each page contains a short verse about a flower which is illustrated as a person. Cloth and colour pictorial boards browned and stained in places, edgeworn, corners chipped with some loss, cloth covered spine ends worn, closed edges browned, illustrated endpapers, ink inscription to fep, colour illustration to title page, 40 colour lithographs of people in flower costumes through the seasons, printed on double-fold pages with fold at fore edge, the flowers are described in verse as well as in colour illustrations of various people, all pages clean and bright, "The End" in Crane's lettering is printed at the foot of page 40, binding tight and secure, publisher's catalogue to rear of book. Quarter Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Crane, Walter. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69681
- Title
- Flora's Feast A Masque of Flowers
- Author
- Crane, Walter
- Illustrator
- Crane, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Cassel and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London Paris Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1892
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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