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The Magic Spectacles
by Giles, Chauncey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked, pages toned and some soiling.
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Joseph R. Putnam. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked, pages toned . and some soiling.. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Burgundy ruled beveled boards with gilt title and spectacles design on front boards. Extra illustrated title page and frontispiece illustration by Chapman. Green coated endpapers. Bookbinder's ticket on rear pastedown (Geo. W. Alexander of New York). The minister author's morally improving tale of a brother and sister who purchase a pair of magic spectacles from a kindly, elderly vendor and learn to love doing arithmetic, sewing, and singing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52803
- Title
- The Magic Spectacles
- Author
- Giles, Chauncey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked, pages toned and some soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Joseph R. Putnam
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Children's Books, 1860s Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Beveled
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- New
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- 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...
- First Edition
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