Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1933. First Edition. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth hardback with gold print and illustration on front; brown print on spine. Fading to spine and edges of boards; bumping to edges/corners; general shelf wear; boards in fair condition. Page edges dirty. Pages tight but book will lay open in spots. Pages unmarked but some dirty spots from being read. A quick fan through book shows a couple of small tears on pages. 376 pages. Price and date in pencil on 2nd ffep. Stated First Edition, November 1933. Interior of book in very good condition, boards in fair condition, thus a good overall rating. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Bookseller: Village Books and Music (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0703079
Title: Engines and Brass Bands
Author: Miller, Olive Beaupre
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Book House for Children
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1933
Bookseller catalogs: Children's Fiction;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....