Your Dolls and Mine; A Collectors' Handbook
by Janet Pagter Johl
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: H. L. Lindquist Publications, 1952 H. L. Lindquist Publications, New York. 1952. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner's names on front paste down (inked out) and the FFFP. Book Condition: VG+; bumped lower tips; foxing to text block top. DJ: Poor; missing large portion of rear cover; split in two at rear flap; other missing pieces at edges and spine. Tan cloth boards and spine with gilt decorated spine and front board of dolls and designs. 384 pp 4to. Here is a book of unusual scope, which tells not only of dolls in private collections, but also of those in museums where they are used in educational programs form the young as well as for the edification of adults. It reports on dolls of earlier and more recent years on dolls of all types. A clean and presentable copy. Archival repairs to DJ and in Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003926
- Title
- Your Dolls and Mine; A Collectors' Handbook
- Author
- Janet Pagter Johl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- H. L. Lindquist Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Dolls, Doll Museums, Doll patents, rag dolls, cloth dolls, doll artists, doll history, doll hobby, doll collecting,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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