Tales About Animals, with upwards of 500 engravings on wood.
by Peter Parley
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Wellington, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: William Tegg, 1864. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Tales About Animals, with upwards of 500 engravings on wood. Twelfth Edition
Hardcover .xvii + 688 pages , carefully revised. As can be seen a nice black embossed binding with decorative gilt embossed design with title to front, rear binding in good condition but spine missing, some minor ageing, rubbed corner tips. The contents are good, tight and clean with a few minor marks, gilt edges. Size: 11 x 14cm Approx. Front board seperate.
Hardcover .xvii + 688 pages , carefully revised. As can be seen a nice black embossed binding with decorative gilt embossed design with title to front, rear binding in good condition but spine missing, some minor ageing, rubbed corner tips. The contents are good, tight and clean with a few minor marks, gilt edges. Size: 11 x 14cm Approx. Front board seperate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3554
- Title
- Tales About Animals, with upwards of 500 engravings on wood.
- Author
- Peter Parley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Twelfth Edition
- Publisher
- William Tegg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
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About the Seller
The Last Word
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Wellington
About The Last Word
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.