George Allen & Sons, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Spencer Pryse. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Boards bumped at corners and spine. Tiny dent to top edge of front board. Gilt rubbed a little to title, very faint outline of small water mark. Boards slightly bowed. Mild foxing to endpapers and scattered throughout. Hinge cracked in a couple of places revealing webbing otherwise very good clean and tight. Ten black and white plates by Pryse. Top edge gilt, other edges deckled.

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Bookseller: Ripping Yarns (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5001100
Title: These Little Ones
Author: NESBIT, E
Illustrator: Spencer Pryse
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: George Allen & Sons
Date Published: 1909
Keywords: children's fiction

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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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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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