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TWO LITTLE PILGRIMS' PROGRESS A STORY OF THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
by FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT , R.W.MACBETH
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE, 1895 Bottle green Victorian decorative cloth boards with gilt and black blocked illustration and titles, 205 x 150 mm approx, all edges of book block gilt, publisher's monographed end papers, 216 pp Frontis. with tissue guard + 11 other illustrations by R W Macbeth of which 3 full page with guards all as called for. First Edition 1895. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth- negligible soiling, gilt particularly bright with no rubbing, ink gift insc. dated 1895 to reverse of front end paper, tissue guards somewhat browned/foxed with light foxing to margins generally. No other defects). A very handsome example of Victorian Decorative cloth binding.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129278
- Title
- TWO LITTLE PILGRIMS' PROGRESS A STORY OF THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
- Author
- FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT , R.W.MACBETH
- Illustrator
- R.W.MACBETH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- FREDERICK WARNE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Two Little pilgrims' progress, Frances Hodgson Burnett, R W Macbeth Illustrated, Victorian Gilt Decorative cloth, Frederick Warne 1895
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- VG
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
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