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Dodd, Mead,, 1909.. hardcover. Collectable, acceptable. Original 1909 edition, first printing. Rated only "acceptable" condition primarily because textblock is separated from cover. This is a very large green cloth hardcover with paper paste-on illustration on front cover, pages are very heavy stock, illustration on every right-hand page, unpaginated. Cover and cover illustration are quite worn and soiled by use, but illustration (of boy on a swing) still cute; back cover has pencil scribble. No loose pages; a couple of illustrations have a little pencil marking; a few pages have minor fingerprint smudges. Pages with text and pages with illustrations are in rather nice condition. OVERSIZE. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1909. Hard cover. Fair/No jacket. Covers rubbed and worn, some crayon marking and soiling. Edges and corners fraying. Both boards detached from main text block, held on by fabric. Light soiling and occasional closed tears inside.

NY: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Disbound from the covers. The front cover is soiled, and the corners are worn. Pencil marks front & rear. Internally, very good. Pencil marks on one page, and one page has a 2"horizontal tear. Fep is missing. an old sticker on the half-title. I guess you could call it a "well enjoyed" reading copy. Certainly repairable. ; 8 1/2x11" .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 8x0x11. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1909 Bound in green cloth with color pictorial paper pastedown, cover soil, wear to extremities and pastedown, inner hinges shaky, foxing to prelims, a few pages dog-eared, one plate marred by a small bit of paper from opposing page. Humorous verse by Kilvert, a sampling here: "Wally Wimple went a-kiting/ In the simple sport delighting/ Kite as big again as Walter/ Never once did Walter falter/ Till a sudden gust of weather/ Lifted Wally off the heather/ Though to keep his feet a-fighting/ Wally Wimple went a-kiting." Every 2 stanzas are pictured in full color on opposing pages with whimsical drawings from water colors. 18 color plates, plus color title page and color copyright page, all text and illustrations printed on heavy stock. A fabulous production, quite rare.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B. Cory Kilvert. 4to.