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THE LITTLE PICTURE BIBLE. (Cover title: Child's Picture Bible).
by CHILD, Isabella. Miniature book.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, (1839).. In the Tilt's Hand-books for Children series, printed by C. Whittingham. Inscribed June 1839 in ink and pencil on front pastedown, miniature book approximately 78 x 62 mm, 3 x 2½ inches (cover size), frontispiece of the Royal Psalmist, vignette on title page and 46 very good full page illustrations, printed 1 side only, pages: 191, (1) - publisher's advert listing the first 6 titles in this series, ours being the first on the list. Bound in the original publisher's dark green fine grained blind stamped cloth, decorative gilt frame to upper cover containing gilt title, gilt decoration to spine with gilt title, all edges gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Spine just very slightly faded, gilt bright, a touch of wear to top of spine and a pinhead chip to cloth at top of upper hinge, minute chip to lower edge of page 59/60. A very good clean tight copy. Episodes from the Old Testament retold for children. Bondy, Miniature Books page 66-67. Not in Welsh or Osborne. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46962
- Title
- THE LITTLE PICTURE BIBLE. (Cover title: Child's Picture Bible).
- Author
- CHILD, Isabella. Miniature book.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, (1839).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- miniature picture book children's Old testament illustrated bible religion christianity
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- 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...
- Miniature
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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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