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Pet Lamb Picture Book, Containing: The Pet Lamb, The Toy Primer, Jack the Giant Killer, and The Fair One with the Golden Locks
by Early British
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Routledge & Co., 1873 Green cloth pictorially stamped in red, black and gilt, bottom corners worn through, other light shelf wear, discreet repair to binding, previous owner's bookplate and a gift inscription dated 1873. An uncommon 19th century picture book contain four stories, each illustrated with beautifully printed color plates, including four dual-page illustrations (counted as 2 each in the list of illustrations). Each story is paginated separately as each story was also published separately, contemporaneous with the combined edition. Only two institutional copies located.. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kronheim (Printer). 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010356
- Title
- Pet Lamb Picture Book, Containing: The Pet Lamb, The Toy Primer, Jack the Giant Killer, and The Fair One with the Golden Locks
- Author
- Early British
- Illustrator
- Kronheim (Printer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fairy Tales, Chromolithographs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
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