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Tabby's Travels Or the Holiday Adventures of a Kitten
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$290.49A$261.44
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1864. First edition. Cloth. Fair. 7" by 5.5". Unamed. A scarce first edition of Lucy Ellen Guernsey's Tabby's Travels. First edition. Scarce. With a small nameplate on the front pastedown. Very rarely seen and then often in terrible condition. Here it is better than usual. Lucy Ellen Guernsey (1826-1899) was an American author of juvenile novels. She wrote more than 60 books, most of them published by the American Sunday School Union. She was active in the Episcopal church and from the years 1888-1899 edited Parish Visitor, a religious journal distributed in prisons, homes and hospitals. In a full cloth binding. Externally, sound. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Light marks to the front and rear boards. There is an ink inscription on the front endpaper. Front hinge is strained, held only by chords, and may detach in the post despite due care given. Internally, binding is loosening with several pages detached but present. Pages are generally clean with the occasional handling mark or spot. There is a 2cm closed tear to the bottom of page 17 and a 1.5cm closed tear to the "Jack Webster" plate. Fair
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN1-E-15
- Title
- Tabby's Travels Or the Holiday Adventures of a Kitten
- Author
- Lucy Ellen Guernsey
- Illustrator
- Unamed
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andrew Elliot
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 7" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Scarce First Edition Lucy Ellen Guernsey American Sunday School Union First Edition
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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