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Head for Happy
by Sewell, Helen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1931 Mauve cloth with a pictorial paper title label, endpapers browned, gift inscription else clean and bright; pictorial dust jacket in pieces, mended on verso, fragile with small losses, original price intact ($2.50). Two girls create a large boy doll, but they can't seem to find the right object for his head. They take a long journey to find just the right thing. The book is quite an adventure and nearly wordless, illustrated with fantastic artwork on every page, each page bordered in teal. "Head for Happy does not so much do without words as make words do something vital, punctuate the story line and expel emotion." Bader pages 81-4. This is a rare, early Helen Sewell title.. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. Illus. by Helen Sewell. Oblong 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010129
- Title
- Head for Happy
- Author
- Sewell, Helen
- Illustrator
- Helen Sewell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- Oblong 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dolls
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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