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The Toy Shop and Other Stories
by Burns, Valeria
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: New Voices. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt, both bright. Inscription ffep, eps tanning, else contents unmarked. Unclipped dj with edge chipping. Berkshire County MA author. ; 9 1/4" tall; 100 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alchemy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4535bx134
- Title
- The Toy Shop and Other Stories
- Author
- Burns, Valeria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- NY: New Voices
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BURNS, Valeria; The Toy Shop And Other Stories Short
- Bookseller catalogs
- Berkshires;
Terms of Sale
Alchemy Books
Our books are well-wrapped, and shipped on receipt of payment. Checks payable to: Brian Bissell. CC processed through Biblio. Descriptions are guaranteed: return within 30 days if item not as described.
About the Seller
Alchemy Books
Biblio member since 2005
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
About Alchemy Books
Berkshire books and ephemera a specialty. MA Town histories, local directories, New England interest
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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