The Modern Story Book
by Wadsworth, Wallace
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Rand McNally. Good. 1950. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 72 p. 29 cm. Sound and square library reinforced binding in illustrated boards. Spine is split at front gutter and has been repaired with a plasticized tape. Label on spine. Spine ends are worn and frayed. The corners are worn through. All edges are rubbed. Fairly light scratches and rub wear to both boars. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1951. Otherwise, the inside pages are generally clean and bright, with occasional smudge marks. Seven stories, each featuring a different mode of transport or machinery; including a fire engine, automobile, switch engine, airplane, power shovel, tractor, and motorboat. A new edition, featuring the bright and bold illustrations in colour and monochrome by Paul Pinson. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3278
- Title
- The Modern Story Book
- Author
- Wadsworth, Wallace
- Illustrator
- Paul Pinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Story Collections;
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About the Seller
Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...