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R.Caldecott's Collection of Pictures & Songs [First Collection]
by Wm Cowper, Goldsmith, et al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co A good to very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with numerous line drawings and 61 full page colour illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. Undated but probably late 1800's. Although the title page does not say so, this was the first collection of Caldecott's pictures and songs published by Warne, and includes John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, Elegy on the death of a mad dog, Babes in the Wood, Three Jovial Huntsmen, Sing a Song for Sixpence, Queen of Hearts and the Farmer's Boy. The binding is in very good condition. It has a part impressed picture to the front board and part impressed gilt titles to the spine. The boards have beveled edges. There is some pulling to the spine and some edge wear. It is clean apart from a little marking to the back board. Internally it looks like the endpapers are much newer as they are plain and unmarked. Contents sound and generally clean. There is the odd mark and around 5 small repaired tears affecting the bottom page edge. There is some marking to the plain pages where a colour plate on the verso partly shows through - giving darker areas. Occasional light creasing to pages. Each story is separately paginated. Book size 21cm x 23.5cm.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032300
- Title
- R.Caldecott's Collection of Pictures & Songs [First Collection]
- Author
- Wm Cowper, Goldsmith, et al
- Illustrator
- Randolph Caldecott
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Keywords
- Randolph Caldecott; late 19th century illustrated; Caldecott's pictures and songs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- New
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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