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One Hundred Picture Fables, with Ryhmes
by F. Hey
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
George Routledge and Sons, London and New York. No date printed, but through research, identified this as a First Edition likely from 1868, revised and corrected. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. 111 pp. Text block tanned typical of age, light foxing. Every page has woodcut illustration of drawings made by Otto Specktor and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Spine headband and tail fraying and loose. Edges and corners show wear and are bumped.
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- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100212
- Title
- One Hundred Picture Fables, with Ryhmes
- Author
- F. Hey
- Illustrator
- Otto Speckter
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth over boards with gilt and black front cover and spine illustrations. Rear hinge cracked.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1868?
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's literature;
- Size
- 5 1/4 x 7 1/4
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Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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