This Way to Christmas
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Bros., 1924. 175pp. Red boards.yellow lettering. Color frontispiece. 10 color illustrations throughout. Attractive prev. owner bookplate on the front pastedown. except for light creasing on the upper spine edge, a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has a triangular on the upper left corner of the front panel, and closed tears on the lower spine and rear panel. in mylar sleeve. "Stranded in upstate New York with just seven days to go until Christmas, a lonesome boy comes up with an ingenious way to bring Christmas to the equally lonesome inhabitants of his small mountain community, all of whom were spending the winter far from home.". Early edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Maginal Wright Barney. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033646
- Title
- This Way to Christmas
- Author
- Sawyer, Ruth
- Illustrator
- Maginal Wright Barney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Early edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Christmas Illustrated
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...