Mattie and Bessie, or: Climbing the Hill, a Story for Children
by Courtenay, Annie E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T. Woolmer. Fair with no dust jacket. 1887. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Decorative grey cloth binding rubbed at extremities & slightly cocked; spine ends & corners frayed; backstrip browned; cloth over boards somewhat puckered; front hinge & several points in textblock cracked; date inked on front free endpaper; a few leaves bent at corners; outer leaves foxed, else agood. No dj. ; Sweet b&w ils. and page decorations.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 133 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46845
- Title
- Mattie and Bessie, or: Climbing the Hill, a Story for Children
- Author
- Courtenay, Annie E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- T. Woolmer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- 19th Century English Fiction, Antique Children's Books, Collectible Kid's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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