The Peace Egg and a Christmas Mumming Play
by Ewing, Juliana Horatia, Illustrated by Gordon Browne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NF
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London : Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge , nd (ca 1885) . . NF . 12MO . With 12 black and white illustrations by Browne. Very handsomely rebound in quarter vellum, green cloth boards, gilt ruling, decorations and titling on vellum. A very handsome little book. Very light wear, vellum and gilt bright and attractive.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21746
- Title
- The Peace Egg and a Christmas Mumming Play
- Author
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia, Illustrated by Gordon Browne
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd (ca 1885)
- Pages
- 58 pp.
- Keywords
- Children's and Illustrated
- Size
- 12MO
Terms of Sale
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Safe delivery guaranteed. All books returnable for any or no reason within 30 days of receipt. If misdescribed we will pay return postage.
About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
Glossary
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...