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The Matchlock Gun; Illustrated by Paul Lantz
by Edmonds, Walter D
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds with illustrations by Paul Lantz.. Quarto, x, [2], 50pp, [12pp illustrations]. Tan cloth, title stamped in brown on spine. Stated "fourth printing May, 1942" on copyright page. Solid text block, bumped corner, vibrant illustrations, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, small closed tears and rubbing to front panel, faint shelf wear, a very good example. Signed by author on the half-title. Originally published in 1941, The Matchlock Gun was Walter D. Edmonds' first children's book, and it won the Newbery Medal in 1942.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12246
- Title
- The Matchlock Gun; Illustrated by Paul Lantz
- Author
- Edmonds, Walter D
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds with illustrations by Paul Lantz.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Edmonds, Walter D. Edmonds, walter d. edmonds first edition, walter d. edmonds signed, the matchlock gun, the matchlock gun first edition, the matchlock gun signed, in the hands of the senecas, rome haul
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