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Four Gardens, The
by Robinson, Charles (Illus); Handasyde (Buchanan, Emily) (Auth)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co, 1912 161 pgs. Purple cloth with elaborate gilt designs and titling to cover and spine, faint silverfishing to upper cover, occasional light foxing, book plate, but overall a clean, beautiful copy; illustrated dust jacket with one mended tear, other tears, wear and fading. There is also a glassene dust jacket present, but we are not sure if it is original to the book. 8 beautiful color plates with lettered tissue guards as well as numerous equally beautiful pen & ink illustrations throughout. Rare in dust jacket.. First Edition American Issue. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Charles Robinson. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010357
- Title
- Four Gardens, The
- Author
- Robinson, Charles (Illus); Handasyde (Buchanan, Emily) (Auth)
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition American Issue
- Publisher
- J B Lippincott Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gardening, Illustrated, flowers, ghost stories,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Charles Robinson;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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