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Rhyme? And Reason?
by Carroll, Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth with triple gold rules on covers, gold lettering on spine and small circular image of a young boy surrounded by three circular rules, both in gold on front cover. All edges gilt. 214 pages. Illustrated with sixty-five drawings in black and white by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday. Reprint edition, ninth thousand. Previous owner's name and address on front free end-paper, dated 5 March 1926. Cloth spine cloth age darkened, albeit gold lettering still bright. Mild age soiling to cloth and small, old booksellers label affixed to bottom of rear inside cover. A sound, tight, internally unmarked copy with strong hinges, bright gilt edges and no writing or marking to text or illustrations. Very good. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019165
- Title
- Rhyme? And Reason?
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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