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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
by Baum, Frank L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902. Red pictorial cloth, illustrated endpapers, (9.25 x 7 inches). First Edition / First State with headings "Book First, Book Second and Book Third." 206 pages; illustrated with 20 plates on glossy stock, including the title page; six in color and 14 in two color. Showing general overall wear, including rubbing of white from front board, spine sunned, fraying at head and tail of spine, hinges starting, internally clean. A desirable, unrestored copy . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Mary Cowles Clark. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005215
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
- Author
- Baum, Frank L
- Illustrator
- Mary Cowles Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Baum; Christmas
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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