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The Biography of a Boy
by Bacon, Josephine Daskam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Reading Copy/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with black illustration on front cover; 322 pages; black and white illustrations and decorations throughout with some one color illustrations by Rose O'Neill. Author Josephine Daskam Bacon (1876-1961) wrote more than 40 books during a more than 40 year writing career, many of them juvenile mysteries and novels. A Reading Copy: Red cloth cover is spotted on back and spine is darkened. Book has a weak rear hinge (pastedown and boards are intact, it just wiggles.) Pencilled numbers inside back cover. Pencilled prices and booksellers notations on fep. Color frontispiece and title page are detached and laid in. Several small light stains at seam between back of title page and contents page. Color illustration opposite page 42 is detached from book and laid in with stain along seam. Page 245 also has stain along seam; several turned page tips. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Jacket. Illus. by O'Neill, Rose. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002063
- Title
- The Biography of a Boy
- Author
- Bacon, Josephine Daskam
- Illustrator
- O'Neill, Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading Copy
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antiquarian; Ficion; Novels;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Antiquarian; Childrens Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charity Bookstall
Biblio member since 2005
Newton, Massachusetts
About Charity Bookstall
Charity Bookstall is the Biblio storefront for the Morin Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Its primary program is Project Library which supports both adult and child literacy initiatives. Our focus is building and strengthening libraries that cater to underserved readers. We're expanding our mobile library outreach program: giving home libraries to children in need, partnering with libraries to provide library cards and developing programming for lifelong learners of all ages. To learn more about us, or to make a donation, please contact us directly.
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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