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Bonbon and Bonbonette
by Merryman, Mildred Plew. Illustrated By Ve Elizabeth Cadie
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1924. First edition [1924]. Worn but sound copy. Charming story in verse about Santa Claus' younger brother, Santa Criss, and two magical figures that emerge from two bonbons he made. Illustrated mainly in duotone (black and white plus one additional color) plus several full color plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt with color illustration mounted on the front cover, patterned endpapers, 96 pages. Covers have some finger soil and edgewear, with light fraying to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, two bits of old adhesive on the front pastedown, a few tiny chips and closed tear to the far lower margins, light foxing to dedication page, very minor old transparent stain to the far top margins, gift notation on the verso of the front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked and generally clean with a few instances of light finger soil.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030105
- Title
- Bonbon and Bonbonette
- Author
- Merryman, Mildred Plew. Illustrated By Ve Elizabeth Cadie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SANTA CRISS CLAUS YOUNGER BROTHER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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