The Story of Sylvie and Bruno.
by CARROLL, LEWIS (FURNISS,HARRY):
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan & Co. 1926 Reprint PEOPLE’S EDITION. Bound in original Green cloth hardcover with red and black decorations and black titles on front and spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges, Front Endpaper has a small inscriptions. Inside generally clean & tight inside. b/w illustrations by Harry Furniss 400pp; 423pp; Cat.3pp.
Synopsis
Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published, the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93917
- Title
- The Story of Sylvie and Bruno.
- Author
- CARROLL, LEWIS (FURNISS,HARRY):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. 1926 Reprint PEOPLE’S EDITION
- Keywords
- Childrens 1926 story Sylvie and Bruno CARROLL, LEWIS FURNISS,HARRY People edition
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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.
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- 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...