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Topsy Turvy's Pigtails
by Anderson, Bernice G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Sykesville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Rand McNally, 1930-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1930, Rand McNally. This is the very scarce original 1930 hardback first edition and not the slightly less scarce 1938 reprint. With 91 numbered pages and collects four stories (Pigtails, Valentine Box, Easter Bunny's Eggs, and Christmas Tree) of the black-stocking doll who lives with her family in the "Comical Doll House down by Crooked Lane". Full bound orange cloth boards, with large illustration pasted down to front board and black lettering to front and spine. Black and white illustrated endpapers. No DJ. Illustrated by Esther Friend. Binding is solid and square, with some rubbing to edges and corners. Spine somewhat faded/darkened. Very small chip to pasted down illustration on front board, touching the cow's tail. Numerous black and white; red, black and white; and blue, black and white illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001616
- Title
- Topsy Turvy's Pigtails
- Author
- Anderson, Bernice G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Date Published
- 1930-01-01
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children African Americana
Terms of Sale
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Sykesville, Maryland
About Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Bayside Books of Maryland is an online-only store, and has been operating since 2001. I believe in accurately identifying both edition and condition. I am a book collector myself, and understand the importance of complete and honest descriptions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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