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Larder Lodge
by Parker, Bessie and Nancy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London. W.& R. Chambers,Limited. ca.1910 Bound in half-cloth and pictorial decorated paper over boards. Oblong Folio (9.25"x13.25"). The First Edition. Illustrated with a coloured Title Page, 14 vibrant, full page colour chromolithographs, various duotone vignettes, motifs and page decorations throughout. Decorated endsheets. A charming story in verse concerning the Slim family of foxes and their scheme to establish a seaside Lodging House for the purpose of keeping themselves forever well fed. Brilliantly executed and printed chromolithography. Various usual chipping and wear to edge extremities. Cloth a bit faded.Short professional repair to front endsheet at gutter.Occassional mild offset from several Chromolithographs to opposite pages. A tight, bright Very Good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8774
- Title
- Larder Lodge
- Author
- Parker, Bessie and Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Bound in half-cloth and pictorial decorated paper over boards.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.& R. Chambers,Limited.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- ca.1910
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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,...
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