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Mother and Child
by Dorr, Nell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Brothers , New York, 1954. 8.25 in. x 6.75 in., Unnumbered pages, Boards, Boards with cloth spine, price clipped dust jacket, small chips to jacket at spine and some wear at edges, discreet bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, 4 page printed text by Dorr tipped onto preliminary blank, another single sheet printed text pasted to page opposite title page. In the introductory text titled "From The Author To The Reader" Dorr states, "A little book can travel far - just as easily as a letter. Perhaps you will send me a letter in return and we will know each other better."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dawson's Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PB44542
- Title
- Mother and Child
- Author
- Dorr, Nell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers , New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
Dawson's Book Shop
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About the Seller
Dawson's Book Shop
Biblio member since 2009
Los Angeles, California
About Dawson's Book Shop
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- New
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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