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The Macmillan Company, 1969. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Books In Search Of Children: Speeches and Essays by BECHTEL, Louise Seaman - 1969
by BECHTEL, Louise Seaman
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Books In Search Of Children: Speeches and Essays
by BECHTEL, Louise Seaman
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. stated first Macmillan printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket in protective mylar. Some wear to corners and top/bottom board edges; slight spine slant; pages yellowing; green marker dot to bottom edge of pages as remainder mark. Jacket with Some wear to edges and corners; some rubbing/wear to panels; some creasing to panels; age toning to panels; some sunning to spine; some soiling to panels.
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- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1969
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Books in Search of Children: Speeches and Essays
by Bechtel, Louise Seaman
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New York: Macmillan. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1969. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 268 pp. .
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BOOKS IN SEARCH OF CHILDREN: TENTH OF THE R. R. BOWKER MEMORIAL LECTURES
by Bechtel, Louise Seaman
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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New York: The New York Public Library, 1946. PB. good, wraps (softcover). Some ephemera laid in. 47pp.
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Books In Search Of Children (R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures No. 10)
by Louise Seaman Bechtel
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Softcover. Near Fine. 12mo. pamphlet in light blue printed wraps. 47 pp. Tight and clean, with some toning about the edges of the wraps.
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Books in Search of Children: Speeches & Essays
by Bechtel, Louise Seaman
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(Toronto).: Macmillan., (c1969).. Red cloth.. Ex-library, back hinge cracked & may lack back flyleaf, spine sunned: a reading copy/no dj.. 8vo. Frontis photograph + occasional photos & facsimiles.. First printing so stated. Selected & with an introduction by Virginia Haviland.
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Stanley, New York, United States
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New York: Macmillan, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Very clean hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Selected and with an Introduction by Virginia Haviland. 268 pages with Index. Clean jacket has slight age-toning to spine, no chips, not price clipped, one short closed edge tear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The Macmillan Children's Book Department celebrated its 50th Anniversary with this collection of speeches and articles by its distinguished founder, Louise Seaman Bechtel. The collection highlights the growth of American literature for children during four decades, beginning in 1919..
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Books in Search of Children
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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New York: The MacMillan Company. 1969. First Printing. NF/VG, book small remainder dot bottom edge pages near spine. DJ spine slightly darkened, some rubbing/soiling to panels. Overall a tight solid sound copy, ; 8vo, red cloth, unclipped DJ, 268pp. , index. Illustrated. .
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Books in Search of Children: Speeches and Essays by Louise Seaman Bechtel
by Bechtel, Louise Seaman
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Morganton, North Carolina, United States
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New York: Macmillan. Hardcover. 1969. 1st Edition. 8vo 268pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ink name and ink inscription. This collection highlights the growth of American literature for children during four decades, beginning in 1919 .
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Books in Search of Children - Speeches and Essays
by Bechtel, Louise Seaman
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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£24.74
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The MacMillan Co, London. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. (Literature, Juvenile Literature, Criticism, Interpretation) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Books in Search of Children
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 268 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Remainder dot on the bottom edge. Light wear to corner tips and spine ends. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear to the corners and light soil to the panels. The spine is darkened. A collection of speeches and essays by the founder of the Macmillan Children's Book Department, to mark the company's fiftieth anniversary. Many of them first appeared in the The Horn Book Magazine. .
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