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The Forge in the Forest. With Pictures By Boris Artzybasheff
by Colum, Padraic
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1925. After immigration to America, Irish poet Padraic Colum ( ) issued several books of fairy tales and classics intended for young people; he often collaborated with the great illustrators of the day, such as Boris Artzybasheff. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Black cloth binding, decorated in green and gilt. Clean text; 148 pages. Gorgeous decorated endpapers. A solid copy, with some rubbing at the margins and fading on the spine. Buy it for your child and enjoy it yourself.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Boris Artzybasheff. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004094
- Title
- The Forge in the Forest. With Pictures By Boris Artzybasheff
- Author
- Colum, Padraic
- Illustrator
- Boris Artzybasheff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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