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Little Pictures of Japan
by Olive Beaupre Miller(editor); Katherine Sturges (illustrations)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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A$114.76A$103.29
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About This Item
Chicago: The Book House For Children, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Katherine Sturges. Chicago: The Book House For Children, 1925. First Edition. Quarto, purple-brown textured cloth boards with gilt imprinting on front cover and spine, color illustration by illustrator Katherine Sturges as pastedown cover decoration, brilliantly illustrated endpapers, 191 pp. +1. ABout Very Good; spine ends worn, corners bumped, ffep excised, a young lass's bookplate is on the front pastedown, front hinge starting but binding generally strong. See scans. Contents are quite bright and unbesmirched by crayons or other shenanigans. Enchanting haiku poems assembled by Olive Beaupre from various Japanese poets, with even more enchanting illustrations by Katherine Sturges. See scans of samples. L-g1
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005620
- Title
- Little Pictures of Japan
- Author
- Olive Beaupre Miller(editor); Katherine Sturges (illustrations)
- Illustrator
- Katherine Sturges
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Book House For Children
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 191
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- children's, juvenile, poetry, japan General, General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Famous Illustrators; Poetry;
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