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FREDDY THE MAGICIAN
by Brooks, Walter; Wiese, Kurt
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Scarce and excellent copy of the first edition of a more magical Freddy the pig adventure, in which a former magician's rabbit teches him the tricks of the trade. 7.75'' x 5.25''. Original red cloth boards with yellow illustration to front board and yellow titles to spine. Original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket ($2.50). Black-and-white frontis with nineteen full-page black-and-white illustrations and half-page black-and-white illustrations to the head of each chapter. Pictorial endpapers of a magic show. [6], 258 pages. Small ink scribble to upper corner of front flyleaf. Dust jacket has slight edge wear and small repair to front hinge of spine, small spots to upper corner of front board near spine. A bright, clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23881
- Title
- FREDDY THE MAGICIAN
- Author
- Brooks, Walter; Wiese, Kurt
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,Magic,Pigs
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
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