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Our Darlings
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. London: John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd., n.d. [c. 1910]. 288pp. 10 x 7.75 in. Full red cloth stamped in green Art Nouveau design, color illustration mounted on front cover (two girls skating on ice), and edges gilt. Edges of boards moderately worn, lower front corner worn, color illustration bit soiled and rubbed; title page worn, verso has series of brown crayon lines, long tear to p.49-50, corner of one plate creased, rear hinge partly cracked, rest of interior largely very good, occasional spots. With 23 tipped-in color plates. Artists include Louis Wain, Wm. E. Evans, L. Renouf, Harry B. Nielson, P. U. Riddle, F. N. Williamson, many others. Once disturbing story pictures a white boy using a whip to a black doll tied to a chair.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12771
- Title
- Our Darlings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's & Illustrated, Illustrated Book, Children's
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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