MY POETRY BOOK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN VERSE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
by Huffard, Grace Thompson [Arranger]; Carlisle, Laura Mae [Arranger]; Ferris, Helen [Collaborator]; Pogany, Willy [Illustrator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 504 pages. In Good condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have bumping and rubbing to corners, slight fraying to spine edges, sunning to spine, and mild edge and shelf wear. Binding somewhat shaken. Textblock has light age toning, writing in pen and pencil on verso of rear endpaper, and brown marks on fore edge. Shelved Poetry. 1376645. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376645
- Title
- MY POETRY BOOK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN VERSE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
- Author
- Huffard, Grace Thompson [Arranger]; Carlisle, Laura Mae [Arranger]; Ferris, Helen [Collaborator]; Pogany, Willy [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1934
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.