Taken Up: A Tale for Boys and Girls
by Alfred Whymper
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Full maroon cloth. Gilt particulars to cover & spine; all edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Remnants of bookplate to front pastedown. Library stamp to foredge, bottom edge, and rear endpaper. 200, 16pp ads.
4.4 x 6.6 in
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4535
- Title
- Taken Up: A Tale for Boys and Girls
- Author
- Alfred Whymper
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William P. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1873
- Size
- 18mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...