Ideal Heads
by Waugh, Ida
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Waugh, Ida;. Folio. 20 fine color plates (chromolithographic) of infants, all in fine condition. Text illustrations by artists other than Waugh, including an early work by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Other than minor soilage and minor shelfwear, gold cloth with illustration of parade of children and of flowered vine bright. Text clean, and text block tight. Hinge loose in front, with floral patterned endpaper with tear by hinge. If not for this hinge issue, a fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000642
- Title
- Ideal Heads
- Author
- Waugh, Ida
- Illustrator
- Waugh, Ida;
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sunshine Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Illustrated Plate Book
Terms of Sale
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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