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When I Was Your Age
de Laura E. Richards
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1895 . Cloth. Good. 8" by 6.5". Not Stated. Laura E. Richards's own copy of her scarce autobiographical children's work about her childhood, inscribed to her by her publishers. American children's author Laura E. Richards's own copy of her illustrated account of her childhood. Inscribed by Richards to the front free endpaper, below which is the ink inscription 'author's copy, not to be taken from the home'.To the head of the title page is a presentation inscription from Richards's publisher: 'To the author with the compliments of Estes & Lauriat'.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven further plates. Collated, complete.First published in 1893, and scarce in all edition.In this charming volume, the author reminisces on her childhood and early family life. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Back strip age toned, with rubbing to back strip tail, and a minor loss of cloth to the back strip head. Hinges strained, and reinforced with tape. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding lightly strained. Tape repair to gutter between pages 32 and 33. Inscription to title page head. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, otherwise clean and bright. With tape repair running the length of the tales of leaves 150-151. Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 905F20
- Título
- When I Was Your Age
- Autor
- Laura E. Richards
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Estes and Lauriat
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1895
- Tamaño
- 8" by 6.5"
- Palabras clave
- When I was Your Age Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Eletelephony literary nonsense Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
