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Thee, Hannah (first edition, inscribed by de Angeli)
by Marguerite de Angeli
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition stated. Inscribed on the copyright page, "For _____/ M. de Angeli". Oblong hardcover in turquoise cloth lettered in yellow, Color illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings by the author. Very good. In the original color illustrated dust jacket, chip near the head of the spine and some moderate wear at the tips. The story of two little Quaker girls living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War. They play make-believe and wish they could dress brightly as some of the other girls do but eventually we read what happens to make the Quaker bonnet feel light and beautiful to Hannah.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E19851x
- Title
- Thee, Hannah (first edition, inscribed by de Angeli)
- Author
- Marguerite de Angeli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- children, juvenile, girls, quaker, philadelphia, illustrators
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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