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Runaway Rhymes
by Higgins, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1931. Hardcover. Good+. Tom Lamb. Presumed first edition, no additional printings stated. 9.5" x 7", blue cloth boards with gilt title and design. No jacket. Illustrated eps and full color and b&w illustrations throughout. Good+ (cocked; spine sunned; spine ends, board corners and edges bumped, rubbed and worn; shelfworn; marked front panel; scuffed; foreedge lightly foxed). 140pp.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40138
- Title
- Runaway Rhymes
- Author
- Higgins, Alice
- Illustrator
- Tom Lamb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Wise-Parslow Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Pages
- 140
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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About the Seller
Page 1 Books
Biblio member since 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Page 1 Books
The Special Collections Room within Page 1 Books, the largest used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. We offer a broad selection of collectible and out-of-print books and ephemera in all genres.
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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