Rhyme? and Reason?
by CARROLL, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Attractive 1886 gift inscription with a tiny drawing of a cat on verso of front free endpaper; cloth a little hand-soiled with s
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1883.. First edition.. publisher's light olive cloth, gilt-stamped.. Attractive 1886 gift inscription with a tiny drawing of a cat on verso of front free endpaper; cloth a little hand-soiled with some bumping; slightly cocked.. 12mo,. With sixty-five illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51482
- Title
- Rhyme? and Reason?
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Illustrator
- With sixty-five illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's light olive cloth, gilt-stamped.
- Book Condition
- Used - Attractive 1886 gift inscription with a tiny drawing of a cat on verso of front free endpaper; cloth a little hand-soiled with s
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1883.
- Pages
- xii, 214 [2, ads] pp.
- Size
- 12mo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...