Clover Beach for Boys and Girls Children's Stories 1880 Vandegrift juvenile book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Juvenile Books, Nautical Books, Beach Adventures, Illustrated Books).

Clover Beach, for Boys and Girls, by Margaret Vandegrift.
Published 1880, Philadelphia by Porter & Coates.
287 pages. Text in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Front cover depicts a fish aquarium.

An uncommon binding of this era, this example looking nicer than expected given ow easily damaged it could be.

Publisher's 1/4 cloth binding, pictorial paper cover pastedowns.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 8 3/4" H x 7 3/4" W.

[B7003].