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The Songs of Father Goose
by L. Frank Baum
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
George M. Hill, Chicago, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: W.W. Denslow. L. FRANK BAUM The Songs of Father Goose, Chicago: George M. Hill, 1900. Quarto, first edition, pp. 84, printed boards quarter-bound in red cloth, illustration by W.W. Denslow (no color) and music by Albert N. Hall, gift inscription on free front endpaper. One of the 3 books Baum released in 1900, including and no doubt overshadowed by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Condition of this book: Boards chipped at edges, a bit darkened. Clean and tight. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: W.W. Denslow. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 1900-1920; Children. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54250. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54250
- Title
- The Songs of Father Goose
- Author
- L. Frank Baum
- Illustrator
- W.W. Denslow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George M. Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 1900-1920; Children. W.W. Denslow L. Frank Baum The Songs of Father Goose
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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