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New York: Viking Press, 1937. Beige cloth binding with red imprint of toys on front cover. Foxing on binding, page edges. Else clean and tight. Illus endpapers. 193 pages with a directory of where the toys in the various stories of Early America may be seen.. Illus. by Paull, Grace. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.
TOPS AND WHISTLES by BAILEY, CAROLYN SHERWIN
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TOPS AND WHISTLES
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PAULL, GRACE. TOYS. TOPS AND WHISTLES by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. NY: Viking 1937 (1937). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 9"), pictorial. cloth, 193p., Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. True stories about early American toys and dolls and their young owners (Jenny Lind paper doll, Letitia Penn doll, etc.) illustrated with lovely lithographs by GRACE PAULL. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BAILEY AND PAULL!
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TOPS AND WHISTLES - True Stories of Early American Toys and Children
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Tops and Whistles [Hardcover] Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Grace Paull
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Viking/ Jr. Literary Guild. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. New York, 1937; cloth covered boards with dust jacket; some wear at corners of cover; some edge wear; dust jacket is torn, has edge wear, some soiling/rubbing, and some fading; interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 193 pages.
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Tops and Whistles; True Stories of Early American Toys and Children
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: Viking , 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paull, Grace. Top & Whistle illustration on the front cover. Red cloth covers. 8vo, 193 pages. A Junior Literary Guild book. Bookplate on the inside of the front cover (but with no name - so you cat write your own name!) Light spine ends & corner wear.
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Viking, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. First edition. Text clean. Illustrated. Corners on cover slightly bent. Small sticker shadow on front cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Tops and Whistles: True stories of Early American Toys and Children
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The Junior Literary Guild., 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. First Edition. 193 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Grace Paull. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.
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TOPS AND WHISTLES: True Stories of Early American Toys and Children.
by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin (1875-1961), Illustrated by Grace Paull
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New York:: The Viking Press,, (1937.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in tan cloth with red lettering and illustration (light soiling to the covers, bookplate), no dust jacket. . First printing. Seventeen stories about American children during colonial and Revolutionary days and their toys, illustrated with 20 full page lithographs by Grace Paull, as well as several smaller drawings. The illustrations are based on early toys owned by collectors and museums. Includes a directory listing where the original toys described in the various stories may be seen. 193 pp.
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New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Grace Paull. 193pp. Large octavo [23 cm] Beige cloth with an orange ink stamped title on the spine, and an orange ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Brightly illustrated endsheets. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Very lightly rubbed and soiled. The edges of the inside flaps are darkened. This is a companion volume to Children of the Handcrafts.
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Fulshear, Texas, United States
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New York: The Junior Literary Guild Corporation and the Viking Press, 1937. Book. Illus. by Grace Paull. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild rubbing wear to the corners and spine ends. Gift inscription on the blank page preceding the half-title page. 193 pages with lithographs by Grace Paull. Actual toys from museums and private collections are featured in stories for young readers. A Directory of the Toys is found at the end of the book..
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TOPS AND WHISTLES: True Stories of Early American Toys and Children
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: The Viking Press, 1937. 193 pp. Original brown cloth covers, very bright and clean. DJ has wear to edges w/ an approx. 1" tear from top edge of rear panel. Light chipping to corners and spine ends. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ lithographs. Contents very nice.. First British. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Grace Paull. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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Tops and Whistles: True Stories of American Toys and Children
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Viking Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Grace Paul lithographs.
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