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Clever Bill
by William Nicholson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1926. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good. William Nicholson. An impressive copy of the 1926 correct 1st American edition, published by Doubleday, Page and including the 23 chromolithographs by the great British painter and illustrator William Nicholson (1872-1949) along the rectos. This copy also comes with a bright, presentable example of its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. The book is tight and VG+ (very light creasing and wear at the tips and along the front fore-edge), the dustjacket is crisp and VG- to VG, with light chipping along the panel edges, most notably along the front fore-edge and at the spine crown. Still though, attractive and very presentable.
Reviews
On Jan 10 2011, Amacadam said:
William Nicholson is a superb illustrator of children's books--The Pirate Twins and Velveteen Rabbit are perhaps his most famous efforts. Clever Bill, a story he wrote, is a wonderful evocation of a child's relationship with a special toy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20189
- Title
- Clever Bill
- Author
- William Nicholson
- Illustrator
- William Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- rare children's books, children's illustrator William Nicholson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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