Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. from the little white bird
by Barrie, J.M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Arthur Rackham. new edition, and considered by many as the best edition. full vellum with gold gilt on the boards and the top edge. complete with all 50 tipped in colour plates with original captioned tissue guards. the plates are spaced throughout the book. numerous black and white plates and sketch map all by Arthur Rackham. a previous owner's neat bookplate under the front board. dated 1912 on the frontis and on one of the black and white illustrations. the vellum boards have age related wear and edge darkening. there is scattered foxing. the book lacks the clasp on the boards and the green ribbon. the slip case is also not present. the binding is excellent. very good for it's age.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- fh61121
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. from the little white bird
- Author
- Barrie, J.M
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Chapter 1 Books
Biblio member since 2006
Johannesburg
About Chapter 1 Books
Chapter 1 trades out of three premises that are all in the Johannesburg area. Our emphasis is on providing quality books at highly competitive prices. A large (and continuously growing) selection of our books are listed on various websites on the internet. We specialise in Modern First Editions, Rhodesiana, Africana and other rare and out of print books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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