The Adventures of Peter and Lotta
by Elsa Beskow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Camden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Junior Literary Guild no date (1930's). hardcover Good book club edition oblong 4to, yellow cloth binding with stamped illustration, cover is soiled, upper corner bumped, owner's bookplate on front paste-down, many pages have 1" tear on bottom edge in margin near the gutter, hinges and binding are tight, a children's story with a full page color illustration on each page, with the story and a silhouette illustration on the verso.
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Details
- Seller
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6043
- Title
- The Adventures of Peter and Lotta
- Author
- Elsa Beskow
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Junior Literary Guild no date (1930\'s)
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
Stone Soup Books
Books are returnable within 14 days. Full refund upon return.
About the Seller
Stone Soup Books
Biblio member since 2004
Camden, Maine
About Stone Soup Books
Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.