Boys and Girls of Bookland
by Smith, Nora Archibald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor wear to boards; pencil gift inscription to front free endpaper; bookplate to front pastedown; jacket slightly soiled, chip
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Minor wear to boards; pencil gift inscription to front free endpaper; bookplate to front pastedown; jacket slightly soiled, chipped, and torn. Very good. SJK-395. Nora Archibald Smith. Jessie Wilcox Smith, illustrator. Boys and Girls of Bookland. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. First edition.
Quarto. 100pp. Illustrated with color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black to spine and front cover, illustrated pastedown to front board, original unclipped dust jacket.
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Quarto. 100pp. Illustrated with color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black to spine and front cover, illustrated pastedown to front board, original unclipped dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 395
- Title
- Boys and Girls of Bookland
- Author
- Smith, Nora Archibald
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor wear to boards; pencil gift inscription to front free endpaper; bookplate to front pastedown; jacket slightly soiled, chip
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated, Jessie Wilcox Smith
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Addison, Texas
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