Aunt Louisa's Keepsake
by Aunt Louisa [Laura Valentine]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1868. Cloth. Fair. 10.5" by 9". Kronheim; Dalziels. A beautifully illustrated early edition of this collection of nursery rhymes for children, by Laura Valentine. Early edition. Dated using the British Library. Illustrated with twenty-three plates printed in oil colours. Collated missing frontispiece. Including: Sing a Song o' Sixpence, The Robin's Christmas Eve, Robin Hood & his Merry Men, and The Sea Side. Written by Laura Valentine, under the pen name Aunt Louisa, a Victorian English writer known for her children's literary series. Illustrated by Kronheim and Dalziels. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, worn with bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Some loss to the cloth on the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning. Frontispiece and title page have been removed. Fair
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 848T35
- Title
- Aunt Louisa's Keepsake
- Author
- Aunt Louisa [Laura Valentine]
- Illustrator
- Kronheim; Dalziels
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Size
- 10.5" by 9"
- Keywords
- Louisa's Keepsake Valentine Keepsake
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fair
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- A.N.
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