THE BOOK OF BETTY BARBER.
by RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). By Maggie Browne.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Duckworth, (1910).. FIRST EDITION (1910), small 4to, 220 x 170 mm, 8½ x 6½ inches, brown cloth, repeat colour plate to upper cover, top edges gilt, 130 pages, 6 plates drawn by Rackham and coloured by Harry Rountree for this edition, 12 black and white plates by Rackham also. Slightest rub to head and tail of spine and corners, minute blemish to cloth at lower edge of upper cover, free endpapers expertly replaced in matching old paper, half-title faintly browned with minute chip at fore-edge. Very slight occasional margin foxing, contents very nice. Near Fine. These illustrations appeared uncoloured in Little Folks Magazine in 1900. This is their first publication in book form. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47236
- Title
- THE BOOK OF BETTY BARBER.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). By Maggie Browne.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Duckworth, (1910).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's book Arthur Rackham Harry Rountree
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