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Wonderful Locomotive
by Hader, Berta and Elmer (Illus); Meigs, Cornelia (Auth)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1928 Green cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt, gilt slightly dulled, occasional light finger soil; color pictorial dust jacket dust soiled, worn with edge tears, original price intact ($2.00). An adventure story about a little boy who travels across the continent on a locomotive. Illustrated with a color frontis, a dual-page color plate and one other color plate, also full-page b&w plates plus decorations and in-text artwork throughout. An early Hader illustrated title, that is also sought-after for Meigs' text.. Second Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Berta and Elmer Hader. Large Oblong 8vo..
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010124
- Title
- Wonderful Locomotive
- Author
- Hader, Berta and Elmer (Illus); Meigs, Cornelia (Auth)
- Illustrator
- Berta and Elmer Hader
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- Large Oblong 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Railroad, Travel, Adventure
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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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