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The Lonesomest Doll.
by RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BROWN, Abbie Farwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.,, 1928. First edition, first printing. The book was originally published in 1901 with illustrations by E. Pollack; the Rackham illustrated version was only published in the US. This is a beautiful example of the title in the rare dust jacket. Octavo. Original buff cloth, titles to spine black and to front cover black and red, vignette blocked to front board in black and red. With dust jacket. Housed in a folding box. Colour frontispiece, decorated title page and 2 full page illustrations printed in red and green ink, black and white vignettes to text, by Rackham. In the lightly toned dust jacket with just a touch of wear with short tears and shallow chips to the extremities. An excellent copy. Latimore and Haskell p. 63; Riall, p. 163.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113236
- Title
- The Lonesomest Doll.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BROWN, Abbie Farwell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
- Date Published
- 1928
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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