NY:: Charles Scribner's Sons,. Fair. 1894. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, bound in pale green cloth, gilt and decorated front board and spine. Binding is loose, one detached plate, minor edge wear and age toning, thus only fair. ; 203 pages .

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Bookseller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 74982
Title: Piccino and Other Child Stories
Author: BURNETT, Frances Hodgson
Illustrator: Reginald B. Birch
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons,
Place of Publication: NY:
Date Published: 1894
Keywords: Children's Literature

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