Wag-By-Wall
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
-
Plainfield, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1944. Lovely little book in off-white bukram cover that is slightly soiled and shows some slight water damage around top edge of cover back and front. Has tipped-in wood-cut illustration of little cottage and red type. Inside endpapers are beautiful red floral pattern and facing cover page has tipped-in photo of Potter with little girl and dog. Title page in two colors and initial letters of sections are in red. Woodcuts are really special. Colophon notes that this first edition is set in Scotch Roman and printed in Flemish Book laid paper at the printing press of Thomas Todd on Beacon Hill in Boston. Deckled pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/None. Illus. by J.J. Lankes. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30767
- Title
- Wag-By-Wall
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Illustrator
- J.J. Lankes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Horn Book, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- Children's; Woodcuts
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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