The Peep-Show Man
by Padraic Colum
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£60.70£48.56
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Book. Illus. by Lois Lenski. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Blue cloth covered boards with black lettering/ design to the front and black lettering / tiles to the spine. First Edition with matching dates to title and copyright pages. This copy is VG. Exterior is rich and clean . Edges, spine ends, and tips minimally worn. One "half dime" faded stain to rear board. Minimal rubbing to covers. Inside has pictorial EPs. PO childish small printed name to top FEP, PO armorial BP to FF blank EP. and small bookseller stamp to back bottom paste down ( Beach's Bookshop Indianapolis). Text is unmarked, crisp, and tight, with modest toning. Color illustrations and EPs by Lois Lenski. SCARCE in the FIRST EDITION..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002336
- Title
- The Peep-Show Man
- Author
- Padraic Colum
- Illustrator
- Lois Lenski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens; Indiana Authors, Publishers, Topics, & Association;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- First Edition
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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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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