The Little Bookroom: Eleanor Farjeon's Short Stories for Children Chosen by Herself
by Farjeon, Eleanor, Ardizzone, Edward (illus.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First U. S. Edition. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustajcket. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, a cocked spine, toning to pages, a former owner's plate on the inside front cover, discoloration to endpapers and inside covers, and bumped corners; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, chipping to top and bottom of spine, sunning to spine, and a touch of dampstaining to spine. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.
Synopsis
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) grew up in England in a house filled with books, and she and her brothers enjoyed reading stories to one another and writing their own. In America, Farjeon’s best-known work may be the hymn “Morning Has Broken,” later recorded by Cat Stevens, but in her native country she is beloved as the author of Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep , Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard , and, of course, The Little Bookroom . Farjeon was pleased when The Little Bookroom won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Carnegie Medal, but she turned down another honor—Dame of the British Empire—explaining that she “did not wish to become different from the milkman.” At her death, the Children’s Book Circle established the Eleanor Farjeon Award in her honor.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 624344
- Title
- The Little Bookroom: Eleanor Farjeon's Short Stories for Children Chosen by Herself
- Author
- Farjeon, Eleanor, Ardizzone, Edward (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1956
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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