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Farmer's Boy
by Bloomfield, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1870 AEG. 74 pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in black & gilt, corners and spine ends worn, else clean and bright. A long, four-part pastoral poem which makes observations about rural life throughout the seasons. Illustrated with engravings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir and G E Hicks. Publisher was at this address from 1869-76. . Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir & G E Hicks. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009776
- Title
- Farmer's Boy
- Author
- Bloomfield, Robert
- Illustrator
- Birket Foster, Harrison Weir & G E Hicks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1870
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Rural Life, pastoral poetry, Engravings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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