The Jaw-Breaker's Alphabet
by Tietjens, Eunice & Janet Tietjens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated, wonderful b/w art deco illustrations of dinosaurs throughout. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Edges of boards moderately rubbed, front hinge tender. Alphabet stories in verse of extinct creatures by Eunice Tietjens (1884-1944) and her daughter Janet (1907-1990). Illustrations by Hermann Post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Hermann Post.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014289
- Title
- The Jaw-Breaker's Alphabet
- Author
- Tietjens, Eunice & Janet Tietjens
- Illustrator
- Hermann Post
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Children's Verse Poetry Alphabet Dinosaurs Prehistoric Animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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