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The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller. Bound with: "Little Annie's Dream" from her "Floral Fables". By Louisa May Allcott
by CHILDRENS]. [PARDON, George Frederick )
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London. James Blackwood. [1858]. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 17.5x 12.5cm, 192 & (-146)-176pp., title-page vignette, 8 engraved sepia plates, numerous full page & text engraved illustrations, in the original elaborately gilt decorated brown cloth (including five travel vignette illus.), repeated in blind on the bottom board, similarly gilt decorated spine, gilt block titles on the spine and upper cover, all edges gilt, early owner's inscription (1860) on front free endpaper, expertly restored, a fine bright clean copy, rare. (cgc) A sequel to Pardon's "The Little Traveller." Intended for children, the author relates travels in the Baltic & up the Rhine, climbing Mont Blanc, and trips to Egypt, China & Persia. Very attractively bound with floral decoration and travel vignettes. The sepia plates are by W. Dickes. Bound in at the end with Louisa May Alcott's "Little Annie's Dream" from her "Floral Fables". Osborne 2:810.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34088
- Title
- The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller. Bound with: "Little Annie's Dream" from her "Floral Fables". By Louisa May Allcott
- Author
- CHILDRENS]. [PARDON, George Frederick )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London. James Blackwood. [1858]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGLISH CHILDRENS LITERATURE TRAVELEUROPE GIBRALTAR BALTIC RHINE MONT BLANC EGYPT CHINA PERSIA ILLUSTRATEDDICKES ALCOTT FLORAL FABLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABAA Dealer-to-Dealer Fair; DEALER-VBF;
- Vbf_category
- 10115
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
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