Little Mr. Thimblefinger
by Harris, Joel Chandler
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1898. a reading copy of delightful stories and lovely illustrations; ink gift inscription on second ffep, dated Christmas 1899 "Willard From His Grandma"; the illustrations for pages 10, 62, 140, 174, and the frontispiece are missing; front and rear end papers are separated at the gutters, but reglued; binding is somewhat shaken, but the text block is clean; no pages of text missing; edges of some illustration pages are heavily edge-worn, with loss; small closed tears, slight smudges, fold marks throughout; this book has been loved but cared for; moderate fraying on three corners and spine extremities; slight chipping at front and rear gutters; 230pp.. Early Reprint. Embossed, Illus. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Oliver Herford. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JD433
- Title
- Little Mr. Thimblefinger
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Illustrator
- Oliver Herford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- `Children's Anthology; Children's Reader
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....