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The Poppy Seed Cakes
by Clark, Margery
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Archer City, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Maud & Miska Petersham. Black cloth with red design on front board and red lettering on spine. Lean to spine, head and tail creased. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Endpapers darkened. Class II Patton written in green marker near top of ffep. A few page edges creased. Rear endpaper soiled. Dust jacket faded, rubbed and lightly soiled with a few very small chips and tears.
Synopsis
Margery Clark was a pseudonym for Margery Closey Quigley (born in 1886) and Mary E. Clark, two librarians who coauthored children's books. Their best-known work is The Poppy Seed Cakes (1924). Quigley's other works include Portrait of a Library (1936), which was adapted into a film. She died in 1968. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORS: Maud (1889-1971) and Miska (1888-1960) Petersham were a prolific illustrating husband-and-wife team who are most famous for writing and illustrating The Rooster Crows , a book of American songs, rhymes, and games in the tradition of Mother Goose , which won the 1946 Caldecott Medal. Miska was born in Hungary and Maud (née Fuller) was born in New York.
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- Bookseller
- Booked Up, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129
- Title
- The Poppy Seed Cakes
- Author
- Clark, Margery
- Illustrator
- Maud & Miska Petersham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
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- Tail
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