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Magic Rug (Signed By Authors)

Magic Rug (Signed By Authors)

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Magic Rug (Signed By Authors)

by D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Near Fine/Fair
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About This Item

Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1931 Illustrated boards with black cloth spine, slight shelfwear;matching dust jacket with large pieces missing from front panel, spine end and rear panel, but present nonetheless. A little boy takes a strange and wonderful adventure on his father's magic oriental rug. This was D'Aulaire's first picturebook together and one of their most elusive titles, particularly with the original dust jacket and rarely found signed. Illustrated in color and b&w from drawings done directly on lithographic stones, a pioneering procedure in the world of color lithography. See Bader, pgs. 42, 44.. Stated First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Fair. Illus. by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Oblong 4to.

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Bookseller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
003339
Title
Magic Rug (Signed By Authors)
Author
D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
Illustrator
Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fair
Edition
Stated First Edition
Publisher
Doubleday Doran & Co.
Place of Publication
Garden City
Date Published
1931
Size
Oblong 4to
Keywords
D'aulaire, children's Books, picture Books, far East

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About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

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