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Flora MacLean's Reward: A Tale of the Hebrides
by Jane M. Kippen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$48.47NZ$36.35
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About This Item
Flora MacLean's Reward: A Tale of the Hebrides by Jane M. Kippen.
Hardback, 1883, first edition, published by Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh, rare vintage children's book.
Pictorial and patterned boards. Gilt lettering to front board. Some fading to spine but with patterning and lettering still quite clear. Boards are quite scuffed and a little marked but have retained much of their colour. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding reasonably firm though strained in the off place and front and rear inner hinges are cracked. Page edges browned. Several stamps (either of a previous owner or seller) to first few pages and a gift inscription to but otherwise page surfaces are quite clean, odd marks here and there but and minor creases but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-182
- Title
- Flora MacLean's Reward: A Tale of the Hebrides
- Author
- Jane M. Kippen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1883
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- 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,...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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