Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1923 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright, VG- example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket, with chipping at the spine ends and creasing and chipping at the panel edges. Still though, very presentable. Tall quarto, 100 pgs., wonderfully illustrated thruout by the great Jessie Willcox Smith.

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Bookseller: Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8824
Title: Boys and Girls of Bookland
Author: Nora Archibald Smith
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Collectible; Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David McKay Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1923
Keywords: Rare Children's Books, rare Jessie Willcox Smith
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens;

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...