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So Sailors Say
by Charles Michael Daugherty
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1941. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Charles Michael Daugherty. A remarkable copy of the 1941 1st edition: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR CHARLES MICHAEL DAUGHERTY TO HIS PARENTS (JAMES AND SONIA) on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot: Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns, mild spotting along the front panel's top-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ example of the uncommon dustjacket, with very lght chipping along the spine ends, mild soiling to the rear panel and very light chipping --with one or two tiny closed tears-- at the front panel's top-edge. Still though, a very presentable copy of this charming children's tale of a young sailor (Davey) who, "after disgracing himself by falling overboard the first time he tried to crew in a race", found himself "where no sailor wants to be--on the beach and without a boat". That is, until "Davey listened to the old salt, Chips, who told him that building one wouldn't be too hard". (from the front dustjacket flap). (Charles Michael Daugherty [1914-2004] of Westport, CT, highly-regarded children's author and illustrator, 4 of whose pieces are in the collection at the National Gallery of Art. His father was an author and artist as well, his mother a children's illustrator. He was educated at Yale and the Art Student's League).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18395
- Title
- So Sailors Say
- Author
- Charles Michael Daugherty
- Illustrator
- Charles Michael Daugherty
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- rare children's books, rare children's sailing books, rare Association copies, rare copies inscribed to the author's parents, Westport Connecticut, rare Westport Connecticut, rare nautical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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- 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...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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