CHILDREN'S BLUE BIRD
by Leblanc, Georgette (Madame Maurice Maeterlinck)/De Mattos, Alexander Teixeira (Translator)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914. 182 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt, and pictorial paste-down on front cover. Top edge gilt. Binding soiled and rubbed. Spine sunned. Front hinge starting. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ a tipped-in color frontispiece and 18 b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Paus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20730CH
- Title
- CHILDREN'S BLUE BIRD
- Author
- Leblanc, Georgette (Madame Maurice Maeterlinck)/De Mattos, Alexander Teixeira (Translator)
- Illustrator
- Herbert Paus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE CHILDREN STORIES BLUE BIRD FICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED HERBERT PAUS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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