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The True Story of Humpty Dumpty - How He Was Rescued By Three Mortal Children in Make Believe Land
by Chapin, Anna Alice
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc., 1905. Book. Illus. by Betts, Ethel Franklin. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [2], 3-206 pages. All six color plates present. Attractive color illustration upon front board. Numerous delightful black and white illustrations in text. Gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Front endpaper features color illustration of children flying on owl. Lacking back free endpaper. Tape repairs to front hinge. Corresponding 2" x 2" pieces missing from lower portion of front free endpaper and first blank leaf at spine. Binding open at page 62. Small bookseller's label inside back board. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear to publisher's burgundy cloth. A worthy copy of this most charming classic. 9.25" x 7.25".
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Details
- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219H5036
- Title
- The True Story of Humpty Dumpty - How He Was Rescued By Three Mortal Children in Make Believe Land
- Author
- Chapin, Anna Alice
- Illustrator
- Betts, Ethel Franklin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Humpty Dumpty, Ethel Franklin Betts, Anna Alice Chapin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Children's Collectible;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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