Real Story Book, The
by Wadsworth, Wallace C., Retold by. Introduction by Charles Madison Curry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1930. Cloth. Very Good. Price, Margaret Evans. 4to, 136 pp., color illustrations throughout. Includes the story Epaminondas, with tipped-in notice explaining that it will be omitted from subsequent editions. Little Black Sambo also included. Light wear to edges and corners of boards including slight fraying at corners, stains to boards along rear spine edge at at lower corner of front board, not affecting interior; small bit of paper adhering to front board; page edges dusty with tiny stain to fore-edge. Interior bright, clean and unmarked exccept for neat gift inscription on ffep. Front and rear jacket panels and flaps are present with considerable chipping and loss.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4933
- Title
- Real Story Book, The
- Author
- Wadsworth, Wallace C., Retold by. Introduction by Charles Madison Curry
- Illustrator
- Price, Margaret Evans
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- , Illustrated Books , Little Black Sambo , Epaminondas ,
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