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Echoes from Story-Land for the Young People
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Elliott & Beezley, 1890. Original stories by Hope Ledyard, John D. Long, Mrs. L.L. Sloanaker, Faith Latimer, Clara Doty Bates, Mrs. S.J. Brigham, Rev. Edward A. Rand, Ruth Lamb, Cousin Annie and others. 25 full-page color lithographs designed especially for this book under the supervision of Opper the famous artist of Puck. Edited by Daphne Dale. 8vo size dark green clothbound hardcover with three color black, gilt and silver illustration on cover and spine. Both color and black and white illustrations; 224 toned pages. Illustrated endpapers. Worn and bumped corners and head and heel of spine. Both pastedowns split. Shaken. Sewn binding split at page 80 with page 81 detached and laid in. (See our photographs.) We note some soil in the margins of page 33, 34, 35, 49, 53, 101, 147, 183 and there may be some soil on other pages as this is a much loved children's book. We note either a publishing defect or damage: the very bottom of page 194 is cut off at a diagonal just below the text on one side and illustration on other (so nothing is lost.) Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003046
- Title
- Echoes from Story-Land for the Young People
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Elliott & Beezley
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antiquarian; children; Childrens; Children's;illustrated; Hope Ledyard; John d. Long; Faith Latimer; Clara Doty Bates; stories; Fairy tales; Fairy; Story; Daphne dale; illustrated;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Charity Bookstall
Biblio member since 2005
Newton, Massachusetts
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About Charity Bookstall
Charity Bookstall is the Biblio storefront for the Morin Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Its primary program is Project Library which supports both adult and child literacy initiatives. Our focus is building and strengthening libraries that cater to underserved readers. We're expanding our mobile library outreach program: giving home libraries to children in need, partnering with libraries to provide library cards and developing programming for lifelong learners of all ages. To learn more about us, or to make a donation, please contact us directly.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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