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WONDERFUL ANIMALS: CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY AND RHYMES
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
A SCARCE McLOUGHLIN BROS. HARDCOVER. THERE ARE FORTY-EIGHT GREAT CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS BY ARTISTS: COGGERS, JOHN KARST, WEVIL (Cover illus) - plus many unattributed illustrators.
THERE ARE SIX STORIES: KING DONKEY'S DOINGS, DOGS' DINNER PARTY, KING GOBBLER'S FEAST, SPOILT PIGGY WIGGY, AND CAT'S PARTY. THE ANIMALS ACT LIKE HUMANS and occasionally interact with us - OH OH.
RICHLY COLORED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS ARE ONE TO A PAGE. Each illustration takes up 2/3 of the page, the rhyme is written below each illustration telling the story. Pages are printed on one side only. Backs to the illus are blank.
NY:McLoughlin Bros, [1876], First edition in book form. 8vo, green gilt cloth with embossed black stamped design, with a pictorial label pasted down. pink eps. The title page lists all 6 stories.
There is some chromo offset on the blank page behind the color illustrations. There are some pages with marginal. brown stains. -offset and stains mostly toward the back pages. Corners & edge rub, spine tips worn spine edge wear,gilt titles faded. The book does hold tight, and eps are not split.
A VERY ENTERTAINING BOOK WITH GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS.
COVER: GOOD- . INTERNALLY GOOD+. SCARCE
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Details
- Bookseller
- Enchanted Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80
- Title
- WONDERFUL ANIMALS
- Illustrator
- COGGERS, JOHN KARST and cover signed by WEVIL
- Format/Binding
- Green gilt cloth with embossed black stamped design and Color paste down
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- nd (ca 1876)
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- chromolithography, pigs, rabbits, dogs, cats, bunnies, turkey
Terms of Sale
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Please make check payable to: Enchanted Books
Books will be shipped after check is received
About the Seller
Enchanted Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2011
Brooklyn, New York
About Enchanted Books, ABAA
Enchanted Books is a woman owned business founded in 1985.
Being artists we focus on the visual. From the illustrated classic - to a 1st edition picture book - to the scarce - to the one- of -a -kind.
We are located in Brooklyn, New York by appointment only.
Being artists we focus on the visual. From the illustrated classic - to a 1st edition picture book - to the scarce - to the one- of -a -kind.
We are located in Brooklyn, New York by appointment only.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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