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Old Men And Children (With Mounted Photograph Of Author).
by Field, Dorothy (Mrs. Norman Dudley Short]; Colored Drawings By Honor C Appleton (1879 - 1951)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London [1919]: James Hewetson & Son, 1919. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 57 Pp. Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Edges. Printed By Bales And Wilde, Chesterfield. Includes "Sally And The Organ-Boy", A Short Story First Published In "Little Folks". Nicely Inscribed (To "Kathleen") By The Author, And Dated Easter 1919. With A 4 1/4" X 3 1/8" Photograph Of The Author Reclining Beneath A Tree; This Is The Only Known Photograph Of The Author; The Photograph Is Neatly Mounted On The Front Pastedown. A Clean Copy, Spine Aged/Tanned, Two 1" Square Areas Of Tan Discoloration On Front Cover Near Spine. Small Area Of Fraying At Two Upper Tips, Also Fraying Along Top And Bottom Of Spine. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015430
- Title
- Old Men And Children (With Mounted Photograph Of Author).
- Author
- Field, Dorothy (Mrs. Norman Dudley Short]; Colored Drawings By Honor C Appleton (1879 - 1951)
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Hewetson & Son
- Place of Publication
- London [1919]
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Childrens Books 1901-1950;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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