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MOTHER GOOSE FOR GROWN-UPS
by Carryl, Guy Wetmore [author]; Newell, Peter; Verbeek, Gustave [illustrations]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, spotty fading to cloth on front and rear; Text block has gilt top edge, deckled edges, foxing to endpapers and some interior pages, chipped edges to rear pastedown, cracked hinges front and rear, intermittent spine breaks, missing illustrated plate facing p. 10, occasional smudging to page edges, tears to page edges, inscription in ink tipped in at front endpapers; 115 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1339964. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1339964
- Title
- MOTHER GOOSE FOR GROWN-UPS
- Author
- Carryl, Guy Wetmore [author]; Newell, Peter; Verbeek, Gustave [illustrations]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...