The Old Peabody Pew

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1907. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Alice Barber Stephens. Book This books provides an example of the high quality reprints early in Grosset & Dunlap's history. The text block is heavy paper and every page is decorated with a green border with candles on the sides connected with a ribbon at the top and a decoration surrounding the page number. In addition, there are separate pages to mark the beginning of each chapter with a similar decoration. There are four illustrations (the frontispiece and four internal) printed on coated stock surrounded by a green decorative border, as well Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 143 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Bound in a light green cloth over boards with a green border and pastedown college illustration on the front cover. Title in brown on the front cover and spine. Corners show light wear at the tips. Shelf wear at the head and foot of the spine with a small hole at the bottom edge of the spine next to the rear cover. No foxing in this copy. The page edges are browned, particularly the top page edges. Illustrator: Alice Barber Stephens. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; United States; 1900-1920; Main Picture: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Front cover with color pastedown and spine. Picture 2: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 3: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Frontispiece and title page. Picture 4: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Copyright page and first page of the dedication. Picture 5: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Last page of dedication and list of illustrations. Picture 6: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - First page of text. Picture 7: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Sample pages with facing illustration. Picture 8: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Sample pages with facing illustration. Picture 9: Wiggins (1907), The Old Peabody Pew - Last two pages of the text block. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1285. .