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PETSETILLA'S POSY: A Fairy Tale. For Young and Old. With Fifty Illustrations by F. Barnard, Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
by HOOD, Tom
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [1870]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth over beveled boards, titled and decorated in gilt and black on spine and front panel, gray coated endpapers. 156 pp + 1 leaf of ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard, plus numerous illustrations throughout the text, some full-page. Although undated, there is a pencil inscription dated Xmas, 1870 on an initial blank. Tiny corner creases, some foxing to tissue guards, neat repair to inner front hinge; a bright, very good copy.
¶ Elaborately illustrated Victorian juvenile fantasy novel.
¶ Elaborately illustrated Victorian juvenile fantasy novel.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 302598
- Title
- PETSETILLA'S POSY: A Fairy Tale. For Young and Old. With Fifty Illustrations by F. Barnard, Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
- Author
- HOOD, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date [1870]
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Hornby Island, British Columbia
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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