The Disappointed Squirrel and Other Stories from "The Book of the Naturalist"
by Hudson, W. H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George H. Doran Company, 1925. Book. Illus. by Kirmse, Marguerite. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 144 pp, color frontis, 11 titled chapters, 7 color illustrations - tipped in. binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, paper shows minor aging. 6.4" x 9.2" heavy beaded tan cloth with black design and letters stamped on spine and fr cover with color illustration of squirrel & bird, upper tip of fly forecorner creased 1/8". in glassine wrapper. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007433
- Title
- The Disappointed Squirrel and Other Stories from "The Book of the Naturalist"
- Author
- Hudson, W. H
- Illustrator
- Kirmse, Marguerite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- nature - written for children and adolescents
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLANTS & ANIMALS;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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