The second picture book
by Martin, Mary Steichen (Calderone, Mary Steichen) ; Steichen, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Boards slightly warped and edge-frayed; cloth soiled ; corners mildly bumped. Overall a fair to good only copy. Bookplate to fro
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931. Stated first edition. Hardcover. Boards slightly warped and edge-frayed; cloth soiled ; corners mildly bumped. Overall a fair to good only copy. Bookplate to front paste-down. Charming captions hand-written by a child in pencil to versos of leaves. Binding tight.. Small square quarto in beige rustic cloth; 28 unnumbered leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm. Picture books for children. Photography of children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86869
- Title
- The second picture book
- Author
- Martin, Mary Steichen (Calderone, Mary Steichen) ; Steichen, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards slightly warped and edge-frayed; cloth soiled ; corners mildly bumped. Overall a fair to good only copy. Bookplate to fro
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated first edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
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