Aunt Kate's Gems. Four Favorite Old Stories - Blue Beard, Robinson Crusoe, Red-Riding Hood, and Aladdin and His Lamp
by Various
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
NY: McLoughlin Bros. IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. Circa 1878. SCARCE. With 32 New Illustrations, Printed in Colors [highlighted with gum arabic]. Text in double-column format, bound in decorated maroon cloth, with a mounted color illustration from Little Red-Riding Hood, covers have bevelled edges, with a gilt decorated spine, illustrations still bright. Covers show corner wear, wear to upper/lower edges of backstrip, front hinge cracked, with first signature detached, one interior page detached, ownership in pencil on ffp, occasional foxing. Additional pictures upon request.
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004681
- Title
- Aunt Kate's Gems. Four Favorite Old Stories - Blue Beard, Robinson Crusoe, Red-Riding Hood, and Aladdin and His Lamp
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Bros.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Keywords
- Children's Illustrated Scarce Rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- RARE AND SCARCE;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- 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...
- New
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- Fair
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Cracked
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