The Bobbsey Twins Keeping House.
by Laura Lee Hope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover Reprint Edition [1925]; later printing (c1955). Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of very careful use. The Book shows mild shelving wear to the lower extremities; very slight spine lean; a small splotch to the tinted top edge; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, lightly used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and a couple of cosmetic flaws. Bright and Clean. Close to 'As New'. The DJ shows only a touch of wear to the extremities; tiny chips at the heel of the backstrip; a couple of tiny, closed tears along the top edge; mild overall rubbing; unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a very handsome copy, showing only mild wear in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.35 x 1.1 inches). 214 pages. Language: English. Weight: 10.7 ounces. Decorated Endpapers. Duotone Frontispiece. Bobbsey Twins Series 18. Weight: 10.8 ounces. Back flap lists Helen Louise Thorndyke's Honey Bunch Stories and the DJ rear panel lists Thornton Burgess Bedtime Story Books to Adventures of Grandfather Frog. Top dyed lime green.Reprint Edition [1925]; later printing (c1955). Hardback with DJ. The Bobbsey twins was an immensely popular series which produced new titles from 1904 to 1979. "Laura Lee Hope" is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the Bobbsey Twins and several other series of children's novels. Actual writers taking up the pen of 'Laura Lee Hope' include Edward Stratemeyer, Howard and Lilian Garis, Elizabeth Ward, Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams, Andrew E. Svenson, June M. Dunn, Grace Grote and Nancy Axelrad. "Laura Lee Hope" was first used as a pseudonym in 1904 for the debut of the Bobbsey Twins.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92).
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 50761
- Title
- The Bobbsey Twins Keeping House.
- Author
- Laura Lee Hope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition [1925]; later printing (c1955).
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1925.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile; Chapter Books;
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