A CRUISE IN THE ACORN
by Jerrold, Alice (Mrs. Adolphe Smith) (and Kate Greenaway)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Glen Head, New York, United States
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About This Item
London 1875 1st Marcus Ward & Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 140pp., six bright and strong mounted chromolithograph illustrations on heavy stock, original brown cloth with bright gilt lettering, black decoration, mounted chromolithograph, bevelled board edges. These attractive illustrations were done by Kate Greenaway, but without any printed attribution. Owner signed (Louise Savage). light wear to corners and spine ends. Book is in unusually nice condition! VG plus. A beautiful copy. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Xerxesbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- a71296
- Title
- A CRUISE IN THE ACORN
- Author
- Jerrold, Alice (Mrs. Adolphe Smith) (and Kate Greenaway)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- juvenile chromolithograph illustrated nineteenth
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Xerxesbooks
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Glen Head, New York
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....