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Christine
by Lawrence, Josephine
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1930. Thirteen-year-old girl, orphaned, must go live with two uncles & a cousin: Lessons are learned. Lawrence was a prolific writer, mostly of children's books, many for the Stratemeyer Syndicate; she wrote well-received but now mostly forgotten novels for adults later in her career. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. First or early printing, with titles listed inside the jacket and in publisher's ads published up to 1929. This and most other Cupples & Leon titles were frequently reprinted with no mention of printing or change in the copyright date, but sometimes with updated jacket art or fewer plates. Book shows light wear but internal foxing, page edges foxed; jacket rubbed & worn with some chipping & fading, ink VII on free endsheet. [10], 296 pages + 14 pages publisher's ads; 4 b/w plates as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Thelma Gooch. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0243
- Title
- Christine
- Author
- Lawrence, Josephine
- Illustrator
- Thelma Gooch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cupples & Leon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Girls' Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Jacket
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- Chipping
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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