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R Caldecott's Picture Book No 1. Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin The House that Jack Built An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog The Babes in the Wood.
by Randolph Caldecott
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co, c1905. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 8". Randolph Caldecott. A charming illustrated picture book comprising of four tales for children. Comprising of The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog and The Babes in the Wood. Compiled and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Originally these four tales were issued as separate picture books. Posthumously, this series was created with several stories per book. Caldecott was a well known illustrator and the Caldecott medal was named in his honour. He influenced the illustration of nineteenth century children's books. In original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities. Spine has faded. Small score mark to the front board from the head to the tail. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Tape repairs to pages 10-14 of John Gilpin at the gutter. Chipping to the foredge of several leaves. Closed tears to a few leaves, not affecting the text. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spots. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 567L18
- Title
- R Caldecott's Picture Book No 1. Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin The House that Jack Built An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog The Babes in the Wood.
- Author
- Randolph Caldecott
- Illustrator
- Randolph Caldecott
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1905
- Size
- 9.5" by 8"
- Keywords
- Illustrated Children's Randolph Caldecott Children's
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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