A Horn Book Sampler: On Children's Books and Reading, Selected from Twenty-Five Years of the Horn Book Magazine (1924 - 1948)
by Norma R. Fryatt (ed.); Bertha Mahony Miller
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
A$12.30A$9.84
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About This Item
Boston: The Horn Book, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. No indication of later printings in this edition. Boards clean and solid, light shelf wear only. Binding firm. Text block just a touch toned. Bookplate on front end paper, otherwise contents unmarked and clean. Lower edge of text block and text with slight wrinkle. DJ not clipped ($5.00) clean and whole with light shelf wear. Spine sunned, still entirely legible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070497
- Title
- A Horn Book Sampler: On Children's Books and Reading, Selected from Twenty-Five Years of the Horn Book Magazine (1924 - 1948)
- Author
- Norma R. Fryatt (ed.); Bertha Mahony Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- The Horn Book
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- JUVENILE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Juvenile;
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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....
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