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Joseph Cundall, A Victorian Publisher, Notes on His Life and a Check-list of His Books [with 2 pages of additions and corrections]
by McLean, Ruari
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0900002131
- ISBN 13
- 9780900002137
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Pinner, Middlesex [U.K.]: Private Libraries Association, 1976. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket (price clipped). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Laid-in are 2 pages of ADDITIONS and CORRECTIONS from the Autumn 1990 issue of THE PRIVATE LIBRARY. With 54 illustrations, some in color. Cundall produced many popular illustrated books from 1840 through 1895. He also published a large number of very attractive children's books. Ruari McLean believes Cundall's Home Treasury series contains the most beautifully designed children's books ever made. The bibliography provided here describes 317 items, many illustrated with the titlepage in facsimile. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. vii, 96pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018004
- Title
- Joseph Cundall, A Victorian Publisher, Notes on His Life and a Check-list of His Books [with 2 pages of additions and corrections]
- Author
- McLean, Ruari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0900002131
- ISBN 13
- 9780900002137
- Publisher
- Private Libraries Association
- Place of Publication
- Pinner, Middlesex [U.K.]
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books / Young Adult Literature; Book Collecting / References for Book Collectors;
- Size
- vii, 96pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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