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THE PRINCE OF NURSERY PLAYMATES (Chromolithography): Containing Seventy Four Nursery Tales, Nursery Rhymes & Nursery Songs
by Various
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good minus
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
FABULOUS CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE 69 PAGES OF CLASSIC FAIRY TALES , NURSERY RHYMES and SONGS. RIGHT HAND PAGES HAVE SIX OR EIGHT PANELS OF WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS. THESE PANELS GIVE ONE A SENSE OF A MODERN-DAY COMIC BOOK. Text is in 2 columns on the facing page.
London:Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1st ed (NAP), nd ca [1878]. Printed by Emrik & Binger, Chromok-Lith., Holborn Viaduct. Many of the illustrations are signed E.B. Can this be E Vere Boyle? Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards. Back cover has advertising for other children's books. Pictorial label has loss mostly at bottom edge and corners (see photo) , cream eps are clean with 1" thin paper break at bottom. The title page has been re-inserted and shows light chipping vertically at right edge. Previously neatly taped margin edges - mostly the text side -tape is mainly at the front and back pages. Small bottom corner chips to many pgs - not affecting the book. Book is in clean and tight condition and besides the conditions noted is in Good condition. A VERY SCARCE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK
London:Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1st ed (NAP), nd ca [1878]. Printed by Emrik & Binger, Chromok-Lith., Holborn Viaduct. Many of the illustrations are signed E.B. Can this be E Vere Boyle? Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards. Back cover has advertising for other children's books. Pictorial label has loss mostly at bottom edge and corners (see photo) , cream eps are clean with 1" thin paper break at bottom. The title page has been re-inserted and shows light chipping vertically at right edge. Previously neatly taped margin edges - mostly the text side -tape is mainly at the front and back pages. Small bottom corner chips to many pgs - not affecting the book. Book is in clean and tight condition and besides the conditions noted is in Good condition. A VERY SCARCE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK
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- Bookseller
- Enchanted Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67
- Title
- THE PRINCE OF NURSERY PLAYMATES (Chromolithography)
- Author
- Various
- Illustrator
- Illuatrated with 217 Pictures in Oil Colours "By The First Artists". Many Signed E.B.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth backed pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd. ca [ 1878 ]
- Pages
- 69 pgs
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- chromolithography, comic book - style,
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Enchanted Books is a woman owned business founded in 1985.
Being artists we focus on the visual. From the illustrated classic - to a 1st edition picture book - to the scarce - to the one- of -a -kind.
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Being artists we focus on the visual. From the illustrated classic - to a 1st edition picture book - to the scarce - to the one- of -a -kind.
We are located in Brooklyn, New York by appointment only.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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