The Old Garden and Other Verses
by Deland, Margaret
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Collection of sentimental poems, the author's first book, here newly & exquisitely illustrated by the influential English artist Walter Crane with almost every page featuring decorative initials & illustrations, many in multiple colors. First American edition thus, 1894, first published in this form in England the previous year. Hardcover, as pictured. Light wear to book, some bumping & rubbing to corners, spine with minor foxing; b/w halftone of Crane tipped to the flyleaf. Text clean; [ix], blank, 114 pages + colophon. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Walter Crane. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0712
- Title
- The Old Garden and Other Verses
- Author
- Deland, Margaret
- Illustrator
- Walter Crane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, decorated Bindings, Poetry, Sentiment, Illumination, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Colophon
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.