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Wee Gillis
by Children's - Leaf, Munro with Robert Lawson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Small Hardbound quarto. The second children's book (after The Story of Ferdinand) by this writer / illustrator team. Yellow cloth spine is a little scuffed and worn. Otherwise the book is clean and quite attractive. The dustwrapper is clipped at both front and rear flaps and has some small chips and closed tears at edges. Overall a handsome copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20473
- Title
- Wee Gillis
- Author
- Children's - Leaf, Munro with Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Children's
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature / First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Derringer Books
All books returnable for full refund within two weeks of delivery.
About the Seller
Derringer Books
Biblio member since 2005
Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
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