THE KING'S HIGHWAY Daily Texts & Hymns for a Month
by Hines, Fred (Illustrator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
mansfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Ernest Nister. London/E P Dutton. NY. No date (Circa 1890)., 1890 Milk chocolate brown cloth with beveled edges. Front cover illustration of a village scene in black, gold and gray; gilt title lettering. Spine lettering in gilt. Slate blue EP's. All edges gilt. Unpaginated (Some 40 pages). 4to. Printed on heavy thick paper the format of the book is to have a Biblical verse, hymn or other religious text on an illustrated page. Twelve of the pages are illustrated in full color (all chromolithographs) and the remainder are in black/white. Illustrations BY FRED HINES. Light to moderate general wear most noticeable at the spine top/bottom and tips; moderate soiling; rear hinge cracked with tape marks; front hinge cracked. Beautiful book in the usual Nister high quality mode with a bright and clean interior--lovely chromolithographs in a rural pastoral style. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- the book scot
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3973A
- Title
- THE KING'S HIGHWAY Daily Texts & Hymns for a Month
- Author
- Hines, Fred (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Ernest Nister. London/E P Dutton. NY. No date (Circa 1890).
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS, CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY, FRED HINES, HYMNS, SERMONS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- GIFT;
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About the Seller
the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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- Beveled
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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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...
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