Miss Matty or Our Youngest Passenger. And Other Tales
by N/A
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh, UK: Johnstone, Hunter and Co. Bound in half black leather, and measuring 6" x 4"x 2", this hardcover First Edition, published in Edinburgh in 1866, is close VG. V11/328pp with 30 engravings, full-page and set in text. Includes tales, poetry and non-fiction sketches. Some wear to top of spine, corners, red title label with gilt lettering unaffected, raised bands to spine, prelims have odd marks. otherwise Good plus . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1866.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001733
- Title
- Miss Matty or Our Youngest Passenger. And Other Tales
- Author
- N/A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Johnstone, Hunter and Co
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, UK
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- MISS MATTY OR OUR YOUNGEST PASENGER, JOHNSTONE, HUNTER AND CO, VICTORIAN JUVENILIA FROM SCOTLAND, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR SERIES, KILMANY CHURCH, LITTLE TEDDY SQUIRREL, CHRISTMAS AT MERTON, CAKE DAY, GLASS WITH GOLDEN RIM, MRS FRY CONVICT SHIP, MORAL TALE
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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