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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN
by Milne, A. A. (Willebeek Le Mair, Illus.)
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- Signed
- Condition
- Some very minor cover soil and a few spots to spine, discoloration to endpapers from the binfing glue. Text and plates fresh. Al
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About This Item
London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd, 1925. Limited to 500 copies signed by Milne, this no. 367. Some very minor cover soil and a few spots to spine, discoloration to endpapers from the binfing glue. Text and plates fresh. Altogether quite a nice copy. Limited to 500 copies signed by Milne, this no. 367. Folio. (ii), 105p, (i). Illustrated by Saida ( H. Willebeek Le Mair) with color title page and twelve inserted color plates not figured in the pagination. The title and plates are printed on coated paper. Bound in publisher's white cloth over beveled boards, the spine with gilt titles and vignette, the upper cover with the titles in a semicircle surrounding a vignette of four children at play in a field of flowers, t.e.g.
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- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22554
- Title
- A GALLERY OF CHILDREN
- Author
- Milne, A. A. (Willebeek Le Mair, Illus.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Some very minor cover soil and a few spots to spine, discoloration to endpapers from the binfing glue. Text and plates fresh. Al
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 500 copies signed by Milne, this no. 367
- Publisher
- Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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