Grandpuff and Leafy.
by Lister, Gladys; Abbott, Joyce (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sydney: Marchant & Co., 1943. 2nd impression ed.. Hardback wide octavo, pictorial cover, very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) text, full-page colour drawings (including frontispiece), black & white drawings (some full-page, colouring by child single drawing), spine covered staples (rusted), pages & covers lightly toned as usual, bottom corners covers little bumped, some edgewear, non-author written dedication. 56 pp. Collectible children's picture story. Undated first edition. Decorations by the author and Joyce Abbott. Dedicated to Lady Gowrie, and to every child with a Soldier Daddy. Pagination includes plates. Last page lists six other books by Gladys Lister.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14782A
- Title
- Grandpuff and Leafy.
- Author
- Lister, Gladys; Abbott, Joyce (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd impression ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marchant & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- children's literature, collectible, collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...