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Ho-Ming, Girl of New China
by Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1937. 8vo.Illustrated. 255 pp., Navy, full calf prize binding, with gilt decorated spine and device to the front board. All edges marbled, though faded. Some sunning to the spine, with slight marks to the boards. Binding firm with slight split to the front hinge. Internally clean with minor spotting to the fore edge. Illustrated with numerous black and white in text illustrations and 8 plates alongside 4 colour plates by Kurt Wiese. Prize plate to the front endpaper. Written by the children's author and former Methodist missionary Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, winner of the 1933 Newbery Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1960. . Very Good. Full Calf - Prize Binding. Reprint. 1937.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69477
- Title
- Ho-Ming, Girl of New China
- Author
- Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman
- Illustrator
- Wiese, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf - Prize Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- George G Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1937
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo.Illustrated
- Keywords
- China,South east Asia,fiction,Chinese
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Travel; Children's;
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Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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