London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1887. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Printed in 1887, First Edition. Size 12mo, 385 pages. Publisher's original dark green cloth covered boards decorated with a black and gilt illustration of man and woman walking in woods by a lake, and large gilt titles, gilt titles and black leaf illustration to the spine, all edges gilt, brown floral patterned end-papers. Condition good, corners and edges rubbed, spine a little sunned a couple of minor marks to covers, hinges are cracked, end-papers toned, previous owner's label to front paste-down Miss Minnie Holmes, Keighley, a few spots to some pages here and there, else the contents are pretty clean. With a tissue protected frontispiece of Silas Hocking, with Facsimile signature.

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Bookseller: Lazarus Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 014158
Title: Caleb Carthew: a Life Story
Author: Hocking, Silas K
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1887
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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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,...
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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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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...
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