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The Marvellous Budget Being 65,536 Stories About Jack and Jill
by Bennett, Rev. F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell, 1890. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Important children's book that was the first of its kind, the prototype for those multiple-choice books for children that allow them to direct the story and choose their own endings. In the Preface, author F. Bennett states: 'You will find in this book (which is quite unlike, and far superior to, every other book heretofore written) four pages marked "Page 1," then four pages marked "Page 2," then four pages marked "Page 3," and so on to the end. You may read any of the pages marked 1, then any of those marked 2, then any marked 3, till you come to the conclusion of the story in page 8.' Blue cloth printed with an illus. of a Jack and Jill story and titled in gilt. Slight forward lean to boards. Cloth lightly soiled with wear to edges, corners and spine tips. Contents clean with offsetting to front and back endpapers but without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. A good copy of this scarce and important children's work: 'The Marvellous Budget Being 65536 Stories of Jack and Jill'. 71 pp with b/w illustrations throughout + 16 pp publisher's catalogue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005658
- Title
- The Marvellous Budget Being 65,536 Stories About Jack and Jill
- Author
- Bennett, Rev. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Children's; Illustrated; First Editions
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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