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SAMMY GOES A'HUNTING. (In Dustwrapper).
by AINSLIE, KATHLEEN. Written and illustrated by Ainslie.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Castell Brothers Ltd, printed in Bavaria, (1906).. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION circa 1906 (Bodleian Library accession date), IN THE ORIGINAL DUSTWRAPPER, 8vo, 220 x 145 mm, 8¾ x 5¾ inches, glazed colour illustrated boards, light green cloth spine, pictorial patterned endpapers, (24) pages. 11 excellent colour plates including 1 double, all of Dutch dolls, wooden horses and dogs engaged in hunting escapades including a collision with a motor car. Each plate faces a few lines of 'handwritten' text. No inscriptions, faintest brown offsetting from plates onto some text pages, otherwise a Fine as new crisp clean copy in very good plus pale green DUSTWRAPPER printed brown on upper panel, folds and spine lightly browned, tiny chips at head, tail and corners. Cotsen Children's Library Catalogue No.168; Osborne II page 961. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46974
- Title
- SAMMY GOES A'HUNTING. (In Dustwrapper).
- Author
- AINSLIE, KATHLEEN. Written and illustrated by Ainslie.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Castell Brothers Ltd, printed in Bavaria, (1906).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DUTCH WOODEN DOLLS HUNTING CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK MOTOR CAR
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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