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Dorcas Porkus
by Tasha Tudor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1942. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Tasha Tudor (Hilda Scott). A crisp, impressive copy of the 1942 1st edition. Some soiling on the book's front cover, otherwise tight and internally fine. Also includes a crisp, very presentable example of the pictorial dustjacket, with its $1.75 price intact. Bright and VG, with light spotting to the panels and chipping at the spine ends (including 1" of loss at the crown and the base). 1st edition, 1st printing of this Calico Book, with calligraphic text by Hilda Scott. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor with pictorial initials and with full page color illustrations facing each page of text. A handsome copy of an early Tudor title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16035
- Title
- Dorcas Porkus
- Author
- Tasha Tudor
- Illustrator
- Tasha Tudor (Hilda Scott)
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- rare children's books, rare Tasha Tudor books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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