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GOLDEN DICKY, The Story of a Canary and His Friends
by Saunders, Marshall
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1919. Book. Illus. by George W. Hood (dust jacket, frontispiece). Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The author of the classic 'Beautiful Joe' presents another animal story, this one "the story of a valiant little canary and the other pets belonging to a delightful family of animal lovers." Juniper cloth w/tipped-on illustration (same illustration as dust jacket and frontispiece), gilt spine lettering, 280 pages. A bit cocked, moderately worn corners/spine ends, back cover cloth a bit scuffed, dusty/tanned/lightly soiled edges, previous owner's name/address to front end paper, in edgeworn dust jacket w/scrapes to folds, longish tears to folds, large chunks from top and bottom spine, creasing, short edge tears -- all in all a jacket that has suffered enough, and is now ensconced in a protective mylar sleeve..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019175
- Title
- GOLDEN DICKY, The Story of a Canary and His Friends
- Author
- Saunders, Marshall
- Illustrator
- George W. Hood (dust jacket, frontispiece)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, canary, canaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Augustine Funnell Books
Postage extra. All items returnable within seven days of receipt for full refund if received by us in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
Biblio member since 2003
Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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