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LA FONTAINE'S FABLES A Selection
by La Fontaine, Jean de; Shirley, Edward (translator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson, 1905. Book. Illus. by Carton Moore Park and Rene Bull. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - Landscape. 63 pages; illustrated with fifteen full-page colour plates by Carton Moore Park and black-and-white in-text line drawings by Rene Bull. Original end papers; title page printed in red and black. Publisher's pictorial green cloth covers, good and strong, with a little general wear and some rubbing to edges, cloth somewhat marked. Contents good and tight, a few finger and other marks, some reading wear, one plate with a crease and associated nick to bottom edge, End paper lightly marked with neat name and the date 1910 written to the front free end paper. A good to very good strong copy. (note: it would appear that this title was issued in two formats: with a cloth spine and pictorial glazed boards, or pictorial full cloth. Presumably the latter, was the more expensive of the two - the book offered here is this full cloth version.).
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028906
- Title
- LA FONTAINE'S FABLES A Selection
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de; Shirley, Edward (translator)
- Illustrator
- Carton Moore Park and Rene Bull
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 4to - Landscape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics & Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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Loe Books
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- Cloth
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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