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Animal Story Book
by Lang, Andrew (Ed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co, 1896 400 pgs. AEG. Blue cloth with beautiful, elaborate gilt design of a roaring lion on the cover and dancing bear on the spine, rubbing and wear to extremities, previous owner's bookplate to endpaper, occasional foxing and corner creases. A collection of animal stories, non-fiction and fables illustrated with full and partial page b&w artwork throughout. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H J Ford. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009268
- Title
- Animal Story Book
- Author
- Lang, Andrew (Ed)
- Illustrator
- H J Ford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, and Bombay
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- animals, Fables
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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