Happy Hours. Pictures and Stories for the Little Ones
by R. Worthington, Publisher
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: R. Worthington, 1883. First edition, 1883. Externally good to very good, internally near fine. Short stories and verses for children, generously illustrated throughout with engravings. Pictorial hardcover with green cloth spine, about ten inches tall. Some rubbing and very light chipping to the edges, small chip to background area of front cover, good hinges, firm text block, beautifully written gift notation on front free endpaper, personal library label on front pastedown, light foxing to endpapers, pages very clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033245
- Title
- Happy Hours. Pictures and Stories for the Little Ones
- Author
- R. Worthington, Publisher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. Worthington
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1883
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....