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The Magic Mirror: A Round of Tales for Young and Old
by Gilbert, William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and New York: Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 1866. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gilbert, William Schwenk. Small 8vo. 5" x 7". Half red morocco, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Gilt tooled compartments to spine. 290 pp. Eighty-four B&W engraved vignettes in text. Light rubbing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to flyleaf. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light foxing to interior commensurate with age. Binding is tight and square. A very nice copy. This volume of Victorian tales is illustrated by the author's son, William Schwenk Gilbert, the famous playwright and librettist who would go on to collaborate with composer Arthur Sullivan on 14 operas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007675
- Title
- The Magic Mirror: A Round of Tales for Young and Old
- Author
- Gilbert, William
- Illustrator
- Gilbert, William Schwenk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alexander Strahan, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- William Gilbert, Stories, Short Stories, short Fiction, juvenile Fiction, W.S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Gilbert and Sullivan, Victorian Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Fiction; Fine Binding;
Terms of Sale
Minotavros Books
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
Biblio member since 2018
Whitby, Ontario
About Minotavros Books
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We are located at 10 Sunray St., Suite 4, Whitby, Ontario, across from Landmark Cinema's 24.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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"...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
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