Italian Peepshow
by Farjeon, Eleanor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stokes, 1926. 146pp. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles on spine and front board, full color illustration on front board. Patterned endpapers. Pages lightly and evenly toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. "Bridget and her Mummy and her sisters, Chloe and Nan, and her doll Gianina lived in Italy in a villa on the top of a hill above Florence. There are all kinds of stories to be told about the sunny land of Italy, with its orange trees, its carnivals and its strange food. Some are adventures that really happened to Bridget and her family, such as the trouble everyone had the week the great white oxen with their scarlet tassels did not bring the pasta up the hill. Others are stories told to the three girls at bedtime, such as how King Nero of Tripoli gathered pasta for the Italians from the sea and the birds and the sky. Here are eleven tales of humorous realism and poetic fantasy by Eleanor Farjeon, a well-known and gifted storyteller.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illus. by Rosalind Thornycroft. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034283
- Title
- Italian Peepshow
- Author
- Farjeon, Eleanor
- Illustrator
- Rosalind Thornycroft
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Eleanor Farjeon, Italian peepshow, Children's Literature, First Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Gilt
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