The Old Sailor’s Yarn Box
by Eleanor Farjeon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
X library rare book, no DJ, the cloth-covered boards show wear on edges, spine and surface. A library pocket and label have been removed from front pastedown and flyleaf; other library stamps and perforations throughout. The binding is tight and the text block is slightly shelf cocked. The pages are tanned with age but clear of marks, page 143 is chipped. Includes 20 B&W line drawings throughout, the print is large.
From Google Books: "Ten tales told to children by the old seaman who suns himself daily on a London street." Derry and Jim, Little Boy Pie, The Green Kitten, The Isle of Plenty, Flip The Penguin, The Ninth Wave, The Star That Watches The Moon, The Great Sea-Serpent, Chimmapanzy and Pollymalloy, Jim Smells The Sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ETG Book Cafe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220625u2
- Title
- The Old Sailor’s Yarn Box
- Author
- Eleanor Farjeon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sea Stories, Short Stories, Children’s Stories, Fiction, Juvenile Works
Terms of Sale
ETG Book Cafe
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
ETG Book Cafe
Biblio member since 2007
Staten Island, New York
About ETG Book Cafe
We have a cozy cafe/bookstore in Staten island, NY (a few blocks from the free ferry that runs between Manhattan and Staten Island). Being the largest (and only!) used book store in Staten Island gives us access to a wealth of excellent books on a wide variety of subjects. We also sell vinyl records, have a community bulletin board, feature art by local artists in monthly art exhibits, and host free events on our small stage.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...