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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: From The Little White Bird.
by (Arthur Rackham) BARRIE, J. M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London:: Hodder & Stoughton,. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. Illustrated with 50 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards as well as some black and white line drawings by Arthur Rackham throughout the text (all plates are present and in excellent condition). No indication of printing or edition (verso of title page is blank, printed by T. and A. Constable). Quarto, bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and design, top edge gilt, Rackham illustrated endpapers. Moderate wear to spine and front board, foxing to endpapers and occasional foxing throughout text block, else very good. No dust jacket. ; 123 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96715
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: From The Little White Bird.
- Author
- (Arthur Rackham) BARRIE, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's Literature
Terms of Sale
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Springfield, Massachusetts
About Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Booksellers since 1987. ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, and SNEAB member.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
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