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Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls, arranged and retold by Anna Cogswell Tyler.
by Anna Cogswell Tyler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Maud and Miska Petersham. 1st edition (no additional printings), INSCRIBED by the compiler on fep,12mo, green cloth with black titles, 328 pages, b/w full-page illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham. Condition: VERY GOOD- book / no jacket: light rubbing to extremities, soiling to page edges, a few spots to front board, there is a "J" on the spine but no other library residue, internally clean and tight, book has been professionally restored at front and rear hinge, the Petersham illustrations being worth it - they are delightful. The inscription reads: "To 'Sister Mary' from hers affectionately A. C. T." The foreword from Tyler reads: "It has been suggested that the boys and girls who have so often listened to these stories in the clubs and story-hours of the New York Public Library, might like to have a few of their favorites in one book; that other boys and girls might be interested in reading them; and that the story-teller, in search of stories for special occasions, might find this little volume useful." You may look at the images to see the contents.
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17850
- Title
- Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls, arranged and retold by Anna Cogswell Tyler.
- Author
- Anna Cogswell Tyler
- Illustrator
- Maud and Miska Petersham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, FAIRY TALES, STORIES, ILUSTRATED BOOKS, MAUD / MISKA PETERSHAM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore / Legends / Fairy tales; Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Bygone Books
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Bluffton, South Carolina
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A closed shop of fine used and collectible books with specialties in Literature, Children's, Domestic Arts, Decorative Arts, and Great Britain.
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