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An American ABC
by PETERSHAM, Maud and Miska
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/Very good. Maud and Miska PETERSHAM. First edition. 4to; [56pp]; gilt-stamped blue buckram over board, title to front board and spine; bright orange endpapers; gift inscription to ffep; light erasure upper right corner ffep; alphabet letter with text and full page color illustration; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, age toning of paper, chipping to edges, light soiling, damp staining to front; .near fine in very good dj. Baumgarten 173; Peterson, Solt C. A 1942 Caldecott Honor Award winner, the book takes the alphabet and letter by letter highlights a part of American history. Some of their illustrations reflect some of the mid-20th racial biases. An interesting telling of a simplistic American history by beloved children's author/illustrators.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 516
- Title
- An American ABC
- Author
- PETERSHAM, Maud and Miska
- Illustrator
- Maud and Miska PETERSHAM
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Abecedarium, Picture Book
Terms of Sale
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Items are returnable for any reason for a full refund. Please inform us within three days of receipt and provide the reason for the return.
About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
Thomaston, Maine
About Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
We sell antiquarian, collectible, out-of-print, and rare, books, maps, prints and interesting ephemera by internet and show.
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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