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The Teddy Bearoplane
by BYRON, May
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. First Edition. Boards. Very good. J. R. SINCLAIR. The Acme Tone Engraving and Printing Co., Watford [England], printers. First edition. 8vo; [52pp]; color pictorial front board with a Golliwog and Teddy bear on a plane, line-drawing on rear; blue cloth back-strip; blue pictorial endpapers; gift inscription to ffep dated "Dec. 1913"; color vignette to titlepage; 12 color pictorial plates on glazed paper; b&w illustrations throughout; scuffing to board edges, one plate with a 2" closed tear from bottom, one leaf with a 4" closed tear from bottom; very good minus. Located in 5 OCLC libraries, only at Cornell University in the U.S. Scarce in the marketplace. Written by British author and poet, Mary Clarissa "May" Gillington Byron (1861-1936), the story features the adventures of a Teddy Bear, a Golliwog and their plane. Told in numbered verse, Teddy and Golly build a number of planes that meet with limited flying success. When their plane is captured by a fort of wooden soldiers, the pair dress as Boy Scouts to mount a rescue. The verse is quick and bright, and the illustrations charming.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1240
- Title
- The Teddy Bearoplane
- Author
- BYRON, May
- Illustrator
- J. R. SINCLAIR
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children, Childrens, Illustrated, Golliwog, Airplanes, Flying
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