Story Parade; a Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls by Noted Authors
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: The John C. Winston Co.. Good+. 1938. Hardcover. 346 p. 23 cm. Corners lightly bumped. Gilt on spine dulled. Text block edges somewhat dirty. Both hinges a bit loose. Bookstore label on front free pastedown endpaper. Some edge staining to preliminary pages including the title page. Previous owner's name has been erased. Otherwise, inside pages are still fairly clean and bright. Partial remains of dustjacket (rear panel and rear flap) laid in. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. B&W Illustrations One of a series of collections of children's stories, known by the colour of their binding cloth. This one is the green book and includes stories and illustrations by Kurt Wiese, Pelagie Doane, Arthur T. Quiller-Couch, Dorothy Lathrop, and many others. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 562
- Title
- Story Parade; a Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls by Noted Authors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Story Collections; Children''s - Story Collections;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Homeward Bound Books
Biblio member since 2011
Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.