Little Red Riding Hood (A Little Golden Book)
by Jones, Elizabeth Orton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No dustjacket as issued
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Little Golden Book. "D" Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo. 8 x 6.75 inches. Unpaginated. Very Good+. No dust jacket as issued. Pictorial paper on boards. Rear cover shows price of 25 Cents and listing of The Little Golden Book Library, with Johnny Appleseed, D11, as last book in the series. Gutter code D on last page. Told and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Clean, unmarked covers with light rubbing and edge wear. Previous owner's name ("DICKIE") appropriately penciled in "This book belongs to" field inside front board. Pages clean, lightly age toned, and free of markings.
Reviews
On Sep 22 2018, a reader said:
Lovely illustrations, the most charming illustrations I have seen of this classic tale. I grew up reading this book, a first edition, bought by my grandmother in 1947. Highly recommend this to anyone who appreciates antique children's books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000121
- Title
- Little Red Riding Hood (A Little Golden Book)
- Author
- Jones, Elizabeth Orton
- Illustrator
- Jones, Elizabeth Orton
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dustjacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- D printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- Unpaginated
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Golden Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Picture; Collectables;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
All listed items are physically in our possession and will normally ship within 48 hours, securely packaged to prevent damage in transit. Within the U.S., we ship USPS Media Mail with insurance against loss or damage. Tracking number provided. Orders with destinations outside the U.S., expedited shipments, oversized/heavy items or sets will require an update of shipping charges before the sale is completed. All items are returnable within 72 hours of receipt with prior notification, if found to be not as described. Safe return shipment is the client's responsibility.
About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...