The Wonder Book: Stories, Pictures, Puzzles, Games, Hero Tales, Fun & Fancy
by Thompson, Ruth Plumly; William Donahey (Illust. )
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Reilly & Lee Co.. Good. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Plates; b&w drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 217 pages; 1929 Reilly & Lee Co. Larger format HC in publisher's green cloth with color pictorial panel mounted to the cover board. 1st edition presumed. Contents remain soundly bound and complete with color blates and b&w drawings by William Donahey. A long closed tear to the cloth the length of the rear joint has been archivally mended with judicious application of PVA. Front hinge tender with partial tear to lining pages in the hinge archivally mended with japanese kozo paper. The color pictorial panel mounted to the coverhas a few small surface abrasions and scratches and is showing the texture of the cloth through the design; there are also a few mild stary ink and pencil scribbles. Here and there some young child pencil marginalia has been erased; some scattered mild finger soiling to pages. Prior ownership in pencil at front; binding a little shaken with a few instances of mild gapping between signatures. Bottom front corner of the pages mid book have a mild damp wave or tide mark. Uncommon. Filler copy; Good only at best .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48634
- Title
- The Wonder Book: Stories, Pictures, Puzzles, Games, Hero Tales, Fun & Fancy
- Author
- Thompson, Ruth Plumly; William Donahey (Illust. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children''s Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Marginalia
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