The Bent Twig
by Canfield, Dorothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured decoration to the extreme edges of the front panel; with, black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The story of Sylvia Marshall a young woman born in the late 19th century by to forwardthinking parents under the Montessori education system and on the surface outwardly to her parents' values. But, every so often her aunt Victoria – who keeps are mention in Vermont and an apartment in Paris – comes into her life and she starts questioning everything as she responds to the luxury of it all. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. A few small white dots to the lower edge of the front panel and rear panel; with sunning and rubbing of the titling to the back strip. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages stop erasure mark to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - VI, [2], 3 - 480, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; 1900-1920; Inventory No: 0290502. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290502
- Title
- The Bent Twig
- Author
- Canfield, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel, education, human development, Montessori Literature & Literary; 1900-1920; Unbranded Canfield, Dorothy The Bent Twig
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- New
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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