Holiday Stories
by Pendleton, William S. ; (Engraver) ; Matthew Urlwin Sears (Woodcutter)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: William Crosby And Co.. Very Good. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. 178 pages; Boston: Very Good. 1839. First Edition. 178 pages; Bound in cream paper-covered boards with illustrations on front and back boards; binding secure, paper chipped along spine hinges; faint damp stain at lower corners; light scattered foxing. OCLC 62085704 (4 locations cited) AAS 232708 Frontispiece portrait of 'Emma", vignette engraving on titlepage plus 13 full page illustrations and many in text illustrations and tailpieces. Two engravings signed Pendleton and woodcut illustrations - some signed M. U. Sears; most illustrations unsigned. Publisher's advertisements on pp. [3-4] for Rollo Books and other Juvenile Books. .; Illustrated Books, Childrens and Juvenile, Most Recent Listing .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44855
- Title
- Holiday Stories
- Author
- Pendleton, William S. ; (Engraver) ; Matthew Urlwin Sears (Woodcutter)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Crosby And Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Intaglio Prints, Illustrated Childrens Books
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- 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...