Bibliophile in the Nursery: A Bookman's Trearsury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books
by Targ, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Contributions from various authorities in the field: booksellers, publishers, collectors, writers, scholars, etc. 503 pages. End papers have offsetting and a little foxing, otherwise the book is fine. Dust jacket spine and edges are tanned. Original price $12.50 intact on jacket flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18338
- Title
- Bibliophile in the Nursery: A Bookman's Trearsury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books
- Author
- Targ, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- World Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- children's books, book collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
Old Algonquin Books
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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