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Stories Children Love: A Collection of Stories Arranged for Children and Young People of Varioius Ages
by Walsh, Charles (Editor); Grimball, Meta (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Grimball, Meta. Collection of favorite tales for children at the turn of the 20th century, selected & edited by Walsh, based on input from children themselves, with a frontispiece + 7 lovely full-color, full-page illustrations by female artist Meta Grimball (1878-1968) throughout the 439 pages, Index in rear. Hardcover 12mo has burgundy cloth over boards blind stamped to front & spine with images from the stories. Lettered in gilt to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine, marred only by a few tiny rubbed areas to front board (causing slight color loss) & mild rubbing to extremities. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning to edges. Color plates are pristine with bright, mildly tanned margins. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021184
- Title
- Stories Children Love: A Collection of Stories Arranged for Children and Young People of Varioius Ages
- Author
- Walsh, Charles (Editor); Grimball, Meta (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Grimball, Meta
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Dodge Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES FICTION ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN READING WOMEN FEMALE ARTISTS ILLUSTRATORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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