Author: CHISHOLM, Louey Title: The golden staircase: poems and verses for children
Description: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. Used - Good. Good hardback 1st Edition. 1906 1st edition with 16 beautiful colour illustrations by Minnie Dibdin Spooner (all checked and present); tightly bound in cream cloth with intricate gilt decorations and lettering to front and spine; spine worn and discoloured with a little wear to edges; back panel discoloured; corners bumped. Top page edges gilded; other page edges untrimmed and foxed. Internally, endpapers yellowed; paste-downs have small blobs of red sealing wax; gift inscription on half-title; some light foxing to outer pages; a few small discolouration spots elsewhere; some pencil annotations; a few tears to pages, some mended with sellotape (pp. 45-48), some with losses (p.153 and p.xv of Contents). Otherwise, a rather special book in overall good, strong condition. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_77803_jpg.jpg.
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Price: GBP 75.00 = appr. US$ 107.10 Seller: Cotswold Internet Books
- Book number: BOOKS300147I