Best in Children's Books #40
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, 1960 HC and DJ. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4. #40 in this series contains "With Dorothy in Oz", by L. Frank Baum; "Roger and the Fox" by Lavinia R. Davis; "Mr Murdle's Large Heart" By Margery Williams Bianco; "Master of all Masters" by Joseph Jacobs; "The Wishes" retold by Sara Cone Bryant; "The Fountain of Youth" retold by James Baldwin and others. Illustrators represented here include Richard Scarry (it's worth hav ing the book just for his delightful illustrative interpretation of "With Dorothy in Oz")Feodor Rojankovsky, Theresa Sherman and others. Two wonderful double-page full-colour maps: Denmark, Sweden, No rway; and a map of the vayages of Ponce De Leon. Dj is a bit ragged: chips and tears, soiling. Old tape mends. A new mylar protector. DJ illust depicts Dorothy, Toto, Tin Man etc. Binding is pink and gray a bit of wear to edges, a bit of discolouration - basically quite good. No former owner's name. All pages intact but a few are beginning to loosen. Dj: fair Binding: good, Text: fair - good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002555
- Title
- Best in Children's Books #40
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, 1960
- Keywords
- WIZARD OF OZ, SERIES BOOK CHILDREN'S LIT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Lit;
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
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cremona, Alberta
About Ghost River Books
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