The Talking Toys
by Bennet, S. Emily
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London. Ernest Nister. 1857. Bound in 1/2 cloth and coated pictorial boards depicting a sleepimg child watched over by fairies to front cover. Decorated endsheets. Square 8vo. First Edition. Splendidly illustrated with 12 full page Victorian chromolithographic plates and further by monochrome drawings, vignettes, decorations, etc en texte. Covers and spine mildly rubbed. Corners bumped. Contents somewhat mildly shaken but extremely firm and tight. The majority of monochrome illustrations have been hand coloured, presumably by a fairly talented child. Most of this colouring is quite deftly executed although there are several examples of a less practiced hand. Overall this coloring is quite unobtrusive and often pleasant. Several pages present small chips to corner. A Very Good, bright copy of this most desireable and elusive Victorian title.Featured Children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7556
- Title
- The Talking Toys
- Author
- Bennet, S. Emily
- Format/Binding
- Bound in 1/2 cloth and coated pictorial boards depicting a sleepimg child watched over by fairies to front cover. Decorated ends
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Nister.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1857.
- Size
- Square 8vo.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.