Dame Donkeys Five (6 results)

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. In polypropylene bag. (Juvenile poetry, Donkeys) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Condition: New.

String. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Soft covers rubbed and stained, corners bumped and creased, front cover detached from binding, rear cover missing, some foxing and staining to fep/rep and light spotting to pages throughout, previous owner's inscription to fep, introductory pages detached from main text block, pp clean and clear to read, hand-coloured engravings bright. Size: 12mo.

A delightful facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1823, now featuring "thirty-one hand-coloured engravings." Bright, multi-colored illustrations adorn most of the pages telling the tales of adventures, in verse, of Deborah Dent and her five wonky donkeys, each gifted with a sharp sense. The introduction contains an interesting discussion where publisher Tuer gives a history of the Minerva Press and why this book's early attribution to the famous press was a fallacy (and why John Ruskin incorrectly attributed a similar title to Minerva). 8vo. Frontispiece, [2], iv, [2], 37pp., [9, adverts]. Good plus in publisher's green printed wraps which are darkened, some staining, spine and corners chipped with loss, particularly to back wrapper but not affecting text, small prior owner bookplate, contents are generally clean and the hand-colored illustrations bright.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1888 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 51 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 51.