The Unlucky Family. A Book for Children. EARLY EDITION IN PICTORIAL CLOTH.
by DE LA PASTURE, Mrs. Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1914. Henry Frowde / Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1914. No DW. Early edition in original pictorial cloth gilt. 284 pages plus 16 page publisher's catalogue. Coloured frontis. [very funny caption] with 5 other coloured plates, one has been torn across and repaired with stamp hinges. Covers worn at edges, inner hinge cracked and contents shaken, pages occasionally foxed but still an attractive copy of this children's classic by the mother of E. M. Delafield, author of The Provincial Lady series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85933
- Title
- The Unlucky Family. A Book for Children. EARLY EDITION IN PICTORIAL CLOTH.
- Author
- DE LA PASTURE, Mrs. Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S publisher's binding.
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...