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The Built-Upon House (Signed)
by Janet Field Heath
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1929. First Edition. Good minus jacket. Inscribed and signed by author with a nice note on verso frontispiece page. In green cloth covers with pasteon illustration with orange, yellow, and black lettering on front cover and green lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. All illustrations are unmarked and bright. Bumping of ends of spine. Water stained on upper rear cover. Moderate rubbing to cover illustration. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Illus. by Lloyd J. Dotterer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003829
- Title
- The Built-Upon House (Signed)
- Author
- Janet Field Heath
- Illustrator
- Lloyd J. Dotterer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Children Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children Stories;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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