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BOOK PLATES AND THEIR VALUE. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PLATES.
Slater, J.H.
First edition. Introduced as a handy amateur's guide to Bookplates. Excellent history of Bookplates and a classification of the plates referenced. Alphabetical list of plates follows the text. Inscribed on free endpaper "For Bessie A. Gordon, With the sincere appreciation of her friend, Zella Allen Dixon" and a further note in ink on the front pastedown "A Rare Out-of-Print Book." Dixon was an author of numerous books on bookplates. Cloth cracked along front hinge and covers rubbed and faded.
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PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCES With PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCE...
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Three volumes. First volume: 11th edition, 1901 (3rd edition illustrated by Brock). Second volume: 10th reprint of 2nd edition. 1908 (2nd edition and all reprints illustrated by Brock). Third volume: 8th edition, 1902 (1st illustrated by Brock). Novels based on extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton of travels through the British Isles. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. First volume, England; second volume, Scotland; third volume, Ireland. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ink inscription on front endpaper of first volume. Horizontal wrinkling to rear board, and along spine, of second volume. Back hinge of second volume loose. Front endpaper torn on second volume. Light foxing on endpapers of second volume. A beautifully preserved set of these prime examples of early publisher's binding.
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