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Little Mr. Thimblefinger
by Harris, Joel Chandler; Illustrated By Oliver Herford
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896 (1894). 230 pgs.Grey cloth pictorially stamped in brown & green, upper cover title in gilt, spine titled in brown; overall soil, extremities rubbed, multiple inscriptions, rear hinge cracked; binding error-lacks pages 225-8 which would include on illustration. A jolly collection of stories featuring talking, humanized animals. 31 of 32 full page plates of line art with yellow background.. Early Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Oliver Herford. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010325
- Title
- Little Mr. Thimblefinger
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler; Illustrated By Oliver Herford
- Illustrator
- Oliver Herford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- southern literature, Animals, Fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropormorphism;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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