Piccino and Other Child Stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett; illustrated by Reginald B. Birch
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good +. Birch, Reginald B.. viii, [2], 203, [18] p.: frontispiece, and 14 additional leaves of full-page illustrations (included in pagination); 22 cm. Olive green cloth with black spine title and black cover title within black-and-red cover illustration. No dust jacket (as issued?). One page of advertisements for works by the author and illustrator precedes frontispiece. Sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements follows text. First edition. Contents: Two Days in the Life of Piccino -- The Captain's Youngest -- Little Betty's Kitten Tells Her Story -- How Fauntleroy Occurred. In Very Good+ Condition: very slightly cocked; corners lightly rubbed; endpaper just starting to crack at ends of front hinge; clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002912
- Title
- Piccino and Other Child Stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett; illustrated by Reginald B. Birch
- Author
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Illustrator
- Birch, Reginald B.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Women Writers;
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