Stuff and nonsense
by A. B. Frost [Arthur Burdett]
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€231.31€208.18
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About This Item
London: John C. Nimmo, [1884]. First edition. Disbound. Good. 10" by 7.5". A. B. Frost. The first edition of A. B. Frost's scarce anthology of comedic and expressive illustrations and pictorial 'nonsense' stories. The first edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome expressive line drawings by A. B. Frost. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper boards. This work features a collection of pictorial comedic 'nonsense' stories by Arthur Burdett Frost. Frost was an American illustrator and comics writer best known for his illustrations of 'Brer Rabbit'. The stories in this work are told mainly through expressive 'time-stop' illustrations. The work became influential to comic strip illustrators such as Rudolph Dirks.Undated, dated by copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper to the boards. Externally sound with rubbing, wear and bumping to the extremities, fading to the spine with closed tears to the joints and tears to the cloth to the head and tail and marks to the boards. Internally binding strained in places with pp.81-84 disbound but present. Pages age toned with handling marks throughout. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901Z17
- Title
- Stuff and nonsense
- Author
- A. B. Frost [Arthur Burdett]
- Illustrator
- A. B. Frost
- Format/Binding
- Disbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John C. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1884]
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- First edition A. B. Frost Illustrated Comedy A. B. Frost
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.