Penrod Jashber
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. This Grosset & Dunlap reprint is in Near-Fine condition, with a Very Good dust jacket. (Click on photo.) What's unique is that the dust jacket uses the same Gordon Grant artwork from the First Edition printing and is thus an ideal collectible for those who may not be able to afford a First Edition with dust jacket in similar condition. This clean, fresh copy is bound in a light green cloth with black lettering on the front panel and spine, and has top-edge dark green stain. There are no marks or inscriptions from former owner. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean and bright throughout. The book includes all of Gordon Grant's delightful illustrations from the first printing. The dust jacket has some small chips and several tears. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 321 pages. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Gordon Grant. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Penrod Jashber is the third in a series of collections of sketches by Booth Tarkington about the adventures of Penrod Schofield, an 11-year-old middle-class boy in a small city in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States. Published in 1929, it was preceded by Penrod in 1914 and Penrod and Sam in 1916. The three books were published together as one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001237
- Title
- Penrod Jashber
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Illustrator
- Gordon Grant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- American Literature, Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature; Children's Literature, Fairy Tales and Mythology;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Jacket
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