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John Newbery and his successors : 1740-1814 / a bibliography
by Roscoe, S
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0903838001
- ISBN 13
- 9780903838009
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About This Item
Wormley, Hertfordshire : Five Owls Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxxi, 461 p., 35 p. of plates : ill. (1 col.), facsims., map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Case binding of brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket with publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece of Dutch floral paper pasted onto page. Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxxi) and indexes. Contents; Frontispiece is a half-tone reproduction, printed in five colours, of a piece of Dutch floral paper in the possession of S. Roscoe. Includes author's preface, dated March 1973. Subjects; Newbery, John (1713-1767). Newbery family. Newbery, John bap. 1713, d. 1767 publisher. Newbery, Firm, Publisher, London. Children's literature - Bibliography - Catalogs. Children's literature, English - Bibliography - Catalogs. Children - Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 18th century. Children - Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 19th century. Children's literature. Early printed books. Bibliographies. Bookselling and publishing - British Isles - 1700-1749.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227067
- Title
- John Newbery and his successors : 1740-1814 / a bibliography
- Author
- Roscoe, S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0903838001
- ISBN 13
- 9780903838009
- Publisher
- Wormley, Hertfordshire : Five Owls Press
- Place of Publication
- Wormley
- Date Published
- 1973
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