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Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company. Good. ©1968. Reprint. Hardcover. 223 p. 26 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in illustrated boards. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rub worn. Edges show some rubbing. Light soil, overall. Previous owner's name and gift inscription on the half title page. Ding to fore-edge of text block affects about a half dozen leaves. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. "A collection of the best-loved tales of childhood", most of which are the classic fairy tales. Book design by Walter Brooks. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6259
- Title
- Favorite Stories
- Illustrator
- Don Bolognese & Betty Fraser & Kelly Oechsli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Racine, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- ©1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Story Collections;
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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