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Aunt Louisa's Fairy Legends: Comprising Puss in Boots, Jack and the Bean-Stalk, White Cat, Hare and Tortoise.
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York (c 1872 - 1873 - 1874): Mcloughlin Brothers, 1874. First Or Early Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 10 3/4" Tall x 9 1/4. Twenty-Four Pages of Color Lithographs. Original Nineteenth Century Edition, Not The Late 20Th Century Reprint. No Date Of Publication Or Copyright Is Indicated. Inscription In Pencil On Ffep Is Dated Jan. 1874. 24 Full Page Chromolithographs [Six Per Story: Puss In Boots, Jack And The Bean-Stalk, White Cat, Hare And Tortoise]. Colors Are Bright And Illustrations Are Clean. First Front Endpaper Has Thin Pencil Lines Diagonally From Corner To Corner, From Center Top To Bottom And From Center Left To Right. Inscriptions In Pencil And A Small One In Ink On Ffep With Slight Water Staining At Fore-Edge And At Top Corner Of Fep; Inscriptions Dated Christmas 1874 And June 1913.. Reverse Of Ffep, 1St And 2Nd Free Endpapers Foxed. Title Page Lightly Foxed. Page Torn Out After Title Page (Table Of Contents?). Some Light Foxing And Soiling To Text Throughout. Spine Cracked At Beginning Of The Story "The White Cat". Cords Appear To Be Intact. Rear Free Endpapers Foxed. Back Free Endpaper Has Slight Water Stain In Upper Corner And Along Top Edge. Water Stain To Rear Endpaper At Top Corner And Along Top Edge. Paper Split At Spine. Childish Scribbles In Pencil On Both Rear Endpapers. Covers Are Worn. Large, Circular Pastedown On Front Cover Is Scratched And Soiled, But This Picture Of The Giant Sitting At His Table With His Bags Of Gold Is Intact And Distinguishable, With No Loss Of Paper. Gilt Lettering On Front Cover Is Also Intact. All Tips Are Frayed; Bottom Of Spine Frayed With Some Loss Of Cloth At Top Of Spine. Cloth Split At Rear Gutter 2" From Top And 1/ 1/2 From Bottom. Rear Cover Is Worn And Soiled. Altogether A Quite Worn Copy With Fine Examples Of All Of The Color Lithographs.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018853
- Title
- Aunt Louisa's Fairy Legends: Comprising Puss in Boots, Jack and the Bean-Stalk, White Cat, Hare and Tortoise.
- Illustrator
- Twenty-Four Pages of Color Lithographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Or Early Edition
- Publisher
- Mcloughlin Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York (c 1872 - 1873 - 1874)
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- 10 3/4" Tall x 9 1/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1851 -1900;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Title Page
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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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Fine
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