1913 Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids With Coloured Illustrations

Description: Click here to see our other books! Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids With Coloured Illustrations John Cowie and William Hammond 1913 Gay and Hancock Ltd. : London 10" by 7.5" Unpaginated SUMMARY An interesting alliterative text aimed at 'infants and invalids'. Colour Plates,Illustrated,Scarce Overall Condition: Fair This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION Illustrated throughout with a full page image per letter of the alphabet by William Hammond. Unfortunately disbound due to gutta percha binding, though appears complete. A scarce work. Contains some comical alliterative phrases from A-Z, with some rather complex language. The first page states 'A book containing decorous entertainment for general humanity including jingoes knaves lunatics, magistrates, nincompoops, oafs, politicians, quacks, reporters, sabbatarians, teetotalers, undergraduates, viceroys, welshers, xylocephals, yahoos, zealots'. CONDITION In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart with some minor rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Some offsetting to endpapers. Internally, binding has failed with leaves disbound as usual. Leaf with the illustration of 'V' to the recto and text of 'W' to ther verso has been torn and is lacking the bottom half. Does not affect the 'W' text but does affect the 'V' illustration. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot throughout. Overall Condition: Fair GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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