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The London Perambulator
by James Bone
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First American edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Muirhead Bone. 1st American edition, small 4to, charcoal cloth with gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt, 195 pages, 16 b/w plates illustrated by Muirhead Bone (the author's brother). Condition is VERY GOOD- / no jacket: spine is lightly sunned, a few faint marks to the boards, front endpapers tearing at hinge, rear hinge just starting with webbing exposed but book remains tight, internally clean throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17899
- Title
- The London Perambulator
- Author
- James Bone
- Illustrator
- Muirhead Bone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Bygone Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bygone Books
Biblio member since 2004
Bluffton, South Carolina
About Bygone Books
A closed shop of fine used and collectible books with specialties in Literature, Children's, Domestic Arts, Decorative Arts, and Great Britain.
Glossary
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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.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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