London: James Bowden. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Pink stains (ink?) to cloth on front board. Cloth darkened along fore-edge of front board. Moderate staining to upper margin of front pastedown endpaper. Moderate rubbing to boards. ; An edition of 500 copies. xi, [1], 81, [2] pages + portrait frontispiece. Green buckram cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 174 x 107mm. Advertisement leaf and preceding leaf unopened. With an Introduction by William Michael Rossetti. "'A penny for your thoughts,' said Mrs Foster one bright July morning as she entered the sitting-room with a bunch of roses in her hand [. . .]"- page 3.; 16mo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10534
Title: Maude: A Story for Girls
Author: Rossetti, Christina
Illustrator: Rossetti, Dante G.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: James Bowden
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1897

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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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