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Peter Parley's Annual 1855
by Various
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Darton & Co, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small 8vo, red cloth with faded gilt decoration. All edges gilt. 264pp plus 16pp publisher's catalogue. Black and white illustrations throughout. Stories, antedotes, poems and essays for a youthful audience. Frontis, title page and contents page absent, a couple of pages loose. Edgewear. Previous owner's name on endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bird's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1012
- Title
- Peter Parley's Annual 1855
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Darton & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- annual, 19th century, victorian christmas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Children's Fiction;
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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