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The Parent's Assistant or Stories for Children
by Edgeworth, Maria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. This is a Very Good copy of later printing of one of Miss Edgeworth's most popular works. First Edition Thus, with great illustrations by Chris Hammond. Red cloth binding, decoratively stamped; gilt titling on the front cover and spine. Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Clean text; 465 pages, with 18 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Contemporary (1897) signature on FFEP. Bumped, with minor general wear. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chris Hammond. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003006
- Title
- The Parent's Assistant or Stories for Children
- Author
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Illustrator
- Chris Hammond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- A.N.
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- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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