Queen Summer. Or: Journey of the Lily and the Rose. Penned & Portrayed by Walter Crane. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION.
by CRANE, WALTER:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Cassell & Co. 1891 1st. Ltd 103/250.. Folio. Tall hardback, 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Quarterbound with vellum to spine and illustrated green paper to boards. Decorative endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor darkening and handling marks to cover, rubbing and some small chips to paper on edges, corners bumped and slightly chipped. A couple of small nicks to spine. Some small minor spots and handling marks to pages else illustrations bright and clean. Bookseller label at front “Garton Freestone, The Poultry, Nottingham.” Else a very good clean and tight copy. 40 beautiful full-page colour illustrations by Walter Crane. 40pp. 1pp Adverts at rear. Large Paper edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94558
- Title
- Queen Summer. Or: Journey of the Lily and the Rose. Penned & Portrayed by Walter Crane. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION.
- Author
- CRANE, WALTER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Cassell & Co. 1891 1st. Ltd 103/250.
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Walter Crane, Queen Summer, Limited, large paper edition, colour plates, 1891
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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. ...