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ARCHITEC-TONICS: The Tales of Tom Thumtack, Architect
by [KENT, Rockwell - Illustrator]. Thumbtack, Tom (Pseud. Frederic Squires)
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- first
- Condition
- Very good.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The William T. Comstock Company, 1914. First Edition. Very good.. First book illustrated by Rockwell Kent in a beautiful publisher's binding also designed by the artist. Uncommon. 174pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and red to front, gilt lettering at spine. Color frontispiece and title page, profusely illustrated in partial-page, black-line woodcuts throughout. Spine cloth, lettering faded. Front illustration shelf rubbed, areas of red ink loss, gilt dulled. Line of cloth wear at front spine hinge, corners rounded, worn, edges also worn. Binding sound, interior unmarked. No dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41471
- Title
- ARCHITEC-TONICS: The Tales of Tom Thumtack, Architect
- Author
- [KENT, Rockwell - Illustrator]. Thumbtack, Tom (Pseud. Frederic Squires)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The William T. Comstock Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
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Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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