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The Snow Storm, a Christmas Story; New Year's Day, a Winter's Tale; The Inundation; or, Pardon and Peace. A Christmas Story [The Christmas Books]
by GORE, Mrs. [Catherine]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Fisher, Son, & Co., nd [1845; 1846; 1847]. First editions. George Cruikshank. 3 vols. 12mo. 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank. [vi], 253, [1]; [vi], 203, [1], [8, ads]; [iv], 222, [16, ads] pp. Uniformly bound in full polished calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, publisher's gilt cloth covers bound-in at rear of each volume, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son; joints lightly rubbed, book-plates of Edward Chatterton Orpen and John Gribbel Complete first edition set of Mrs. Gore's Christmas books, illustrated by George Cruikshank. REFERENCE: Cohn 356, 357, 358; Sadleir 1034; 1020, 1008
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100934
- Title
- The Snow Storm, a Christmas Story; New Year's Day, a Winter's Tale; The Inundation; or, Pardon and Peace. A Christmas Story [The Christmas Books]
- Author
- GORE, Mrs. [Catherine]
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First editions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fisher, Son, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd [1845; 1846; 1847]
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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