The Little Pig Who Ate a Four-Leaf Clover
by Fairbairn, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
-
Madison, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Rand McNally, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Thin octavo. 9.25 x 7 inches. 102 pages. Very Good+ / Good. Illustrated by the author. Tan cloth on board. Front board stamped in blue with pictorial pastedown. Spine stamped in blue. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout. Binding tight. Boards clean, tips sharp. Pages age toned. Previous owner's bookplate and some smudging on half title, else internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket rubbed, edge worn, torn with some loss (see photos). Dust jacket now in protective archival sleeve. Scarce in dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000048
- Title
- The Little Pig Who Ate a Four-Leaf Clover
- Author
- Fairbairn, Barbara
- Illustrator
- Fairbairn, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Tan cloth on board
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 102
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Picture; Collectables;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...