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Cobwebs to Catch Flies: Illustrated Books for the Nursery and Schoolroom 1700-1900
by Whalley, Joyce Irene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0520029313
- ISBN 13
- 9780520029316
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1975. Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels, markings and rear card pocket. Old cellophane tape stains on front and rear end papers, otherwise textblock is clean and tight. No remainder marks or libary stamps to all page edges. Blue cloth with light toning to the edges, bumped corners, bumped head and foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, tape stains to the flaps, library label on foot of spine, usual shelf wear, mylar sleeved. 163pp., including bibliographical references and indeces.. Reprint. Cloth. Good+/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library Copy/Hardcover.
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Details
- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SB11733
- Title
- Cobwebs to Catch Flies: Illustrated Books for the Nursery and Schoolroom 1700-1900
- Author
- Whalley, Joyce Irene
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (in mylar)
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0520029313
- ISBN 13
- 9780520029316
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Childrens Illustrated Books, Childrens Illustrated Books History, 1700-1900 Illustrated Nursery and Schoolroom Books, Books on Books, Collectible Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Reprint
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Remainder
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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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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