The Jackdaw of Rheims
by Ingoldsby, Thomas [pseudonym of Richard Harris Barham]. Illustrated By Charles Folkard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, Printed By Geo. W. Jones, 1914. First American edition, 1914. Humorous poem about a thieving bird, illustrated with twelve color plates tipped onto dark gray paper and protected by tissue with letterpress, and with additional illustrations within the text. Purple cloth over beveled boards, gilt and turquoise lettering and decoration. Covers unevenly faded and quite edgeworn, hinges structurally sound but with the surface partially split, text block sound with no loosened pages, pages clean with a name on the front free endpaper, no other markings. Internally very good to near fine.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009707
- Title
- The Jackdaw of Rheims
- Author
- Ingoldsby, Thomas [pseudonym of Richard Harris Barham]. Illustrated By Charles Folkard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company, Printed By Geo. W. Jones
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- POETRY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS COLOR PLATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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