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JACKANAPES
by Ewing, Juliana Horatia. Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London / New York: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / Young & Co, 1885. Eightieth thousand. Hardcover. Very Good. Randolph Caldecott. Eightieth thousand printing, ca. 1885. Very Good. 8vo., 47 pp., with Caldecott's black & white illustrations.Bound in publishers blue cloth spine with illustrated paper boards. Overall light toning, soiling and rubbing to the boards. Front hinge starting. Half title page darkened, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Early W.B. Clarke & Carruth Boston small sticker inside front cover. Randolph Caldecott (22 March 1846 - 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25925
- Title
- JACKANAPES
- Author
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia. Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
- Illustrator
- Randolph Caldecott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eightieth thousand
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / Young & Co
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- children's fiction, art, award winner, british soldier, Miss Jessamine
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
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