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It's a Boy's World by DERLETH, August - 1948

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It's a Boy's World by DERLETH, August - 1948

It's a Boy's World

by DERLETH, August

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Sauk City, WI: Stanton & Lee, 1948. Hardcover. Illustrations by Dwig (Clare V. Dwiggins). 12mo. Light grey cloth with blue lettering and pictorial stamping, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 107pp. Extensive full-page illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with a couple tiny edge chips and spine a tad age toned; endpaper gutters toned as usual. A handsome, tight and lovely first edition. A charming blend of cartoons and calligraphed text of Derleth's folksy poems.
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  • Publisher Stanton & Lee
  • Place of Publication Sauk City, WI
  • Date Published 1948

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It's a Boy's World

by Derleth, August

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Stanton & Lee. wonderful copy in wonderful dust jacket . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1948.
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It's a Boy's World

by Derleth, August

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Sauk City, Wis: Stanton & Lee, 1948. HB. Gray cloth with blue illustration and lettering, square 12 mo, 107 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Clean price-clipped dust jacket shows minor chipping, two tape repaired closed tears, price written on inside front flap. Illustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins. Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ.
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It's a Boy's World; Poems

by Derleth, August; illus. by Dwig [Clare Victor Dwiggins]

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Stanton & Lee. 1948. Hardcover. No printing statement. SIGNED by Derleth. 7.5x5.5", 107 pp, b&w drawings. Boards warping outward, else VG, clean & tight, in Good dj with dust soiling, small tears, chipping on back cover..; Signed by Author .
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It's a Boy's World

by Derleth, August

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Fine in vg DJ w minor chips out at corners A happy blend of text and pictures
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It's a Boy's World: Poems and Pictures
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It's a Boy's World: Poems and Pictures

by Derleth, August

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Sauk City, WI: Stanton and Lee, 1948. First printing of the first edition. Minor rubbing to board edge and light toning to endpaper, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light shelf wear, a shallow stain to the top edge of front cover, and a hint of toning to spine, else fine.
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It's a Boy's World: Poems

It's a Boy's World: Poems

by DERLETH, August. Illustrated by Dwig (Clare V. Dwiggins)

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Sauk City: Stanton and Lee, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small name stamp on bottom page edge else fine in very good plus dustwrapper with some chipping and a tear near the crown. Very nicely Inscribed by the author. A nice collection of boy's poems.
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IT'S A BOY'S WORLD.

IT'S A BOY'S WORLD.

by Derleth, August

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Sauk City, WI: Stanton and Lee. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 107 pages; Very minor wear to the dust jacket. .
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It's a Boy's World

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Sauk City, Wisconsin: Stanton and Lee, 1948. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Clare Victor Dwiggins. 107pp. Grey pictorial boards. Spine very slightly faded, endpapers age-darkened, book is clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is torn along folds, darkened and chipped, but is overall complete. A comics-like pencil sketch by Clare Dwiggins INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Dwig" on front pastedown. Text is profusely illustrated throughout by Dwiggins.
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IT'S A BOY'S WORLD: Poems

by Derleth, August

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Sauk City, WI: Stanton and Lee, 1948. 107 pp. Original gray cloth pictorial covers, very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. SIGNED BY AUGUST DERLETH AND CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS (DWIG) W/ AN ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING BY CLARE DWIGGINS ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Small corner missing from top corner of rear panel and small chip missing from head of spine. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. . Signed by Author and Illustrator. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good. Illus. by Clare Victor Dwiggins (Dwig). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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