KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN.
by Greenaway, Kate
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, [1880]., [1880].. Good. - 24mo [3-5/8 inches square], tan cloth titled in brown on the front cover with color vignettes of figures representing the four seasons stamped on the corners of each cover. The edges are stained yellow. The cloth of the front cover is slightly bubbled. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway with 12 color plates & 370 black & white vignettes printed in the margins of verses by Mrs. Sale Barker. Printed by Edmund Evans. There is an 1884 gift inscription on the flyleaf & the rear hinge is cracked. 20-30 names are neatly written as appropriate near their birth dates. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37300
- Title
- KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN.
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, [1880].
- Date Published
- [1880].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; KATE GREENAWAY, ILLUSTRATOR; EDMUND EVANS, PRINTER; KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN; VERSES BY MRS. SALE BARKER; COLOR PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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- Children's & Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.