OLD CHRISTMAS
by WASHINGTON IRVING,
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
BOUND IN A HALF LEATHER BINDING, ILLUSTRATED TITLE PAGE & FRONTIS PLATE, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT, HAND WRITTEN PRESENTATION PLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD FOR A CHURCH WARDEN DATED 1925. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 6 INCHES. SLIGHT FADING TO LEATHER BOARDS, MINOR RUBBING AT TOP OF SPINE, MODERATE FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, ONE PAGE MARGIN WITH MINOR CHIP TO CORNER, MINOR RIPPLES TO FIRST FEW PAGES AT BOTTOM MARGINS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH HINGES STRONG & MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Synopsis
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of former times. They recall the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning of life, when as yet I only knew the world through books, and believed it to be all that poets had painted it; and they bring with them the flavour of those honest days of yore, in which, perhaps with equal fallacy, I am apt to think the world was more home-bred, social, and joyous than at present.
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- Bookseller
- Elder Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0064706-NL65
- Title
- OLD CHRISTMAS
- Author
- WASHINGTON IRVING,
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED BY R. CALDECOTT
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MACMILLAN & CO
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1909
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novel;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...