Round the World on a Penny [INSCRIBED and annotated by author]
by Willets-Burnham, Anita
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/Not Issued
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Printed by R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co. for the Author, 1943. Book. VG+. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Inscribed and personally annotated copy. Tan cloth with color floral tapestry pattern, paper labels mounted on upper front cover and upper spine panel. 4th edition (1943), revised by author. Minor rubbing to corners, minor soiling to text block edges. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf: "Round the World on a Penny / Why not? / "Doing what can't be done is the / Glory of Living," with full signature, undated. Additionally, about 21 pages internally show notations in the author's hand, most a single line, several multiple lines. About 4-5 pages show pencil underlining that does not appear to be authorial. A unique copy..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060408
- Title
- Round the World on a Penny [INSCRIBED and annotated by author]
- Author
- Willets-Burnham, Anita
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Printed by R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co. for the Author
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration/Travel, Geography, Maps/Cartography;
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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