A Child's History of England / Charles Dickens
Book
364 pages. 4 pages publisher's advertising. Frontis illustration.
Inferior paper and printing.
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2015.7.81
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1880sHistory
7-1/2 in
5 in
Charles Dickens
Alta Edition
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Bound in a uniform series binding of pale green cloth stamped in black to spine and cover. Cover and spine design has leaf and flower motif stamped on a diagonal with only the background alternating from solid black to stippling. "Alta Edition" stamped to center of cover with title in a rectangular bordered panel to the top. Gold title band to spine. Brown stone endpapers.
Great Britain
United Kingdom