Old Fashioned Tales
by Lucas, E. V. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners bumped, owner name on front free endpaper, endpapers foxed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners bumped, owner name on . front free endpaper, endpapers foxed.. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. xxvi, 390 pp + 2 pp of publisher's ads. Attractive gray decorative cloth with gilt-stamped illustration of girl and boy holding hands above a fountain surrounded by a rambling rose arbor stamped in black. Color frontispiece and illustrated title page and 38 other black and white plates and numerous chapter vignettes by F.D. Bedford. A compilation of late 18th and early 19th century children's stories by a variety of contributors, including Charles and Mary Lamb, Peter Parley, Maria Edgeworth, Jacob Abbott and that Anon. fellow. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38247
- Title
- Old Fashioned Tales
- Author
- Lucas, E. V. (editor)
- Illustrator
- F. D. Bedford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners bumped, owner name on front free endpaper, endpapers foxed.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- 1900s Childrens Books, Early Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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