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Toy Ships: Poems for Children
by Steiner, Florence B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Graphic Publishers Ltd, 1926. Inscribed by the author to previous owner on the half title page. Worn-through corners. The boards are scuffed. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown. There is a gutter crack at one point in the text, with gutter foxing from a previous tape repair. In an otherwise sound binding with hinges intact.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lisl Hummel. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013731
- Title
- Toy Ships: Poems for Children
- Author
- Steiner, Florence B
- Illustrator
- Lisl Hummel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Graphic Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Children's Poetry Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Poetry;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
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- 12mo
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- Bookplate
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
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