Jackanapes and Other Tales
by Ewing, Juliana Horatia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, half-bound calf (front board slight bend inwards), with decorated boards; gilt/black titling somewhat faded; text block re
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: SPCK, n.d. (?1890). hardback. Good, half-bound calf (front board slight bend inwards), with decorated boards; gilt/black titling somewhat faded; text block reasonably firm, pages untrimmed and unmarked, crisp and clean, top edge gilt. Owner's inscription Christmas 1898.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Roger Lancelyn Green calls Ewing's works the ""first outstanding child-novels"" in English literature. They show notably sympathetic insight into children's lives, admiration for things military, and a reflection of Ewing's strong Anglican faith. This volume includes Jackanapes (1884), Daddy Darwin's Dovecot (1884), the story of a Short Life (1885).
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132339
- Title
- Jackanapes and Other Tales
- Author
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, half-bound calf (front board slight bend inwards), with decorated boards; gilt/black titling somewhat faded; text block re
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.d. (?1890)
- Pages
- 252
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- short stories, young people, fiction, theology, Ewing
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 12mo
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Text Block
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