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Rhyme? And Reason
by Carroll, Lewis (Charles Dodgson)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [9], xii, [1], 2-214, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green publisher's cloth with a decoration in gilt and triple gilt borders on each board, gilt lettering and rules on the spine; all edges decoratively stained yellow. Navy coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and several full-page and in-text engravings: 65 illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday. Price of seven shillings on the title page. Williams 44. A collection of Carroll's poems including The Hunting of the Snark and Phantasmagoria, with others. The rear hinge very neatly repaired, about three small gatherings starting from the gutter but still securely attached.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013341
- Title
- Rhyme? And Reason
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis (Charles Dodgson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
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