LITTLE TOWN
by Hader, Berta and Elmer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto, 10.4 in. x 8.5 in. Unpaginated. Coral red cloth boards with black title and town scene stamoped to front. Black title to spine. Ex-library with usual markings; modest de-accension stamp from university library to verso of front free endpaper. Rubbing to extremities, with light soiling to boards. Tape scar to rear pastedown. Light age-toning to pages. Berta Hoerner Hader (1890 - 1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (1889 - 1973) were an American couple who jointly illustrated more than 70 children's books, about half of which they also wrote. They won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow (1948) and received the Caldecott Honor Book Award for Cock-a-doodle-doo (1940) and The Mighty Hunter (1944).
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Details
- Seller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 87023
- Title
- LITTLE TOWN
- Author
- Hader, Berta and Elmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Caldecott authors
Terms of Sale
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Eugene, Oregon
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...