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Violet Among the Lilies; A Sequel to Violet with Eyes of Blue and The Gathering of the Lilies
by Clarkson, L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1885 Book. Illus. by L. Clarkson. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original light green cloth lavishly decorated in gold, black, and silver on beveled boards. Wear at extreme corner tips and spine head and foot, but unusually good condition. Eight chromolithographs in immaculate condition with full tissue guards. Alternate leaves have poems in script or print. All edges gilt..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006676
- Title
- Violet Among the Lilies; A Sequel to Violet with Eyes of Blue and The Gathering of the Lilies
- Author
- Clarkson, L
- Illustrator
- L. Clarkson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- NOISBN Art. Flowers. Chromolithographs.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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