Jan of the Windmill : A Story of the Plains. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. With eleven illustrations by Helen Allingham. LONDON : 1876
by EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1876. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Helen Allingham.. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1876. Rare first printing in book form. [ Originally published in Aunt Judy's Magazine as: The Miller's Thumb in 1873. ]. Hardback. Illustrated; frontispiece and tissue-guard; 10 other plates. Dark-green cloth. Gilt lettered spine and cover (with gilt windmill within black decorative border). Thick bevelled boards, original brown end-papers (a little foxed). Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Minor wear only. Spine bright - a tight and clean copy. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xii), 380 pages. : 11 plates all present. 24pp catalogue to rear. Uncommon first printing. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for the Inklings, Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049063
- Title
- Jan of the Windmill : A Story of the Plains. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. With eleven illustrations by Helen Allingham. LONDON : 1876
- Author
- EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885
- Illustrator
- Helen Allingham.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Rosley Books
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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