- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 1895
- Book condition: 2
- Illustrator: TWELVETREES,C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1910
Book Description
1910. 2. EATON,SEYMOUR. PRINCE DOMINO AND MUFFLES. Phil: Edward Stern, 1910 (1910). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover wear, hinge strengthened, G+ - VG. First edition. A wonderful tale told entirely in verse and illustrated by C. TWELVETREES with 8 color plates (including cover) plus many full page and in-text black and whites. This is the story about a boy and his cat "Muffles" and also features a little Black boy who speaks in "dialect". THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY EATON TO A RELATIVE, DATED 1910! A scarce title by the author of the Roosevelt Bear books who signed very few books. .
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vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
