Chicago: M.A. Donohue and Co. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Jessie Wilcox Smith. No date. Reprint of the original edition issued in 1909. 56pp. Original reddish cloth with a pastedown color illustration on the front cover, depicting a girl eating with a teddy bear (Then the epicure). Verses written for children, accompanied by color illustrated plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. All plates present as called for, although all but one are bound in a page earlier than indicated in the contents page. GOOD condition. Spine and extremities very sunned, with otherwise mostly minor uneven fading. Minor soiling. Minor scuffing to the cover pastedown. Extremities scuffed with the cloth at the head and foot of the spine frayed and worn. Small, faint dampstain present at the upper right corner of the page edges. Very minor scattered soiling to the pages, with general toning to the paper. The last illustration appears to have been reinserted as it sticks out slightly from the text block and bears a diagonal crease at its lower left corner. Minor chipping along its extremity. One other illustration starting to detach. Binding weak at the hinges. Previous owner's gift inscription on the first endpaper.

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Bookseller: Mare Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004097
Title: Seven Ages of Childhood
Author: Wells, Carolyn. Smith, Jessie Wilcox (illustrator)
Illustrator: Jessie Wilcox Smith
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: M.A. Donohue and Co
Place of Publication: Chicago
Keywords: Noisbn
Bookseller catalogs: Illustrated;

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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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....