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Jack and Jill. A Love Story. Published for the Benefit of The Silver Street Kindergarten Society of San Francisco, California
by Brown, W. E. Illustrated By Elizabeth Curtis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: William Doxey, 1891. First edition, 1891. Variations on the popular nursery rhyme had it been written by other authors - such as Alfred Tennyson, Walt Whitman, Thomas Hood in two languages, etc., illustrated in black and white. Blue and white cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, 110 pages. Covers have edgewear, corners especially rubbed, shelf soil, light fraying to spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a gift notation dated 1891 on the preliminary blank, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040526
- Title
- Jack and Jill. A Love Story. Published for the Benefit of The Silver Street Kindergarten Society of San Francisco, California
- Author
- Brown, W. E. Illustrated By Elizabeth Curtis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Doxey
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NURSERY RHYME VARIATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- First Edition
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