Josephine
by Kathleen Coyle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Parker and Brothers, February, 1942. First edition stated, First printing via letter system. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. Peggy Bacon. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a Rare First Printing ofJOSEPHINE by KATHLEEN COYLE, the book which first introduces us to the new heroine, Josephine the cat. Born in New York, but brought up in Ireland, KATHLEEN COYLE became involved in the socialist movement. Under the name Selma Sigerson, Coyle co-wrote a pamphlet entitled Sinn Fein and socialism with James Connolly that was published in 1919. PEGGY BACON was a very prolific artist, and illustrated over 60 books, 19 of which she also wrote, including a successful mystery book, The Inward Eye, which was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award in 1952 for best novel. 5 5/8" x 8 1/4", 174 page hard cover, with ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Near Fine: non author dedication on front reverse cover (to Marie Belk, daughter of Henry Belk, newspaper editor and civic leader in Goldsboro, NC), slight tanning, else very clear, sharp, tight, with no additional marks. Cover (blue cloth boards with particulars in gold gilt and black on pink square background (on spine only) = Near Fine: staining and rubbing to spine, front and back both slightly bent out from pages, else very tight, sharp, colorful and square. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (green paper with Peggy Bacon sketch and particulars in white and black) = Very Good: sizable chips to top edge, small chips bottom, rubbing to spine, else whole, clear, colorful, no tears. Noted book appraiser JAMES BEATTIE has assigned this copy a value of $85.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hatfield Books and Memorabilia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 197
- Title
- Josephine
- Author
- Kathleen Coyle
- Illustrator
- Peggy Bacon
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition stated, First printing via letter system
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Parker and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- February, 1942
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Books; Extraordinary Illustrations;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
Biblio member since 2015
Cincinnati, Ohio
About Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....