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Conrad the Clock
by Barr, Jene
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Wittert, Elaine. 8vo. Unpaginated. Red cloth-backed pictorial boards w/ colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Soiling and chipping to dj, heaviest at spine ends with 2" closed tears to front and rear panel. Rarely seen with it's dust jacket. Rubbing to cloth at spine ends with light board exposure at corners. Clean interior. Only two copies in the OCLC. Scarcely seen with its dust jacket. Beautiful color illustrations by Elaine Wittert of a precocious anthropomorphic clock briefly stopping time so that a family of fungi can grow and join in the fun at a carnival.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38
- Title
- Conrad the Clock
- Author
- Barr, Jene
- Illustrator
- Wittert, Elaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wilcox & Follett Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Children's Illustrated, Jene Barr, Anthropomorphism
Terms of Sale
small volume
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About the Seller
small volume
Biblio member since 2023
Providence, Rhode Island
About small volume
Small Volume is based out of Providence, RI. We buy + sell old, rare, odd, unusual, and otherwise collectible books + ephemera.
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- 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...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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