For Partly Proud Parents: Light Verse About Children
by Armour, Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thin Small 8vo. x, 52, [1] pages. Collection of humorous verses concerning both children and their parents, from various sources, 1946-50; with a 4-page introduction by Phyllis McGinley. Illustrated by Leo Hershfield. Signed and inscribed by Armour in blue ink on front free endpaper (with slight blotting to signature). Slight sunning to spine; slight stains and rubbing to covers (particularly lower cover); slight bumping to corners; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers.Over 25 b/w Illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L033668
- Title
- For Partly Proud Parents: Light Verse About Children
- Author
- Armour, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Poetry Armour, Richard American Literature 20th Century American Poetry Light Verse Children Illustrated Hershfield, Leo McGinley, Phyllis nw0084, , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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