Helen's Babies
by Habberton, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Habberton's durable humorous novel about a young bachelor who goes to mind his sister's brats, er, little angels, ages 3 & 5; while she and her husband take a brief trip. First published in 1875, this reprint circa 1928, judging by the titles listed inside the jacket. Illustrated by the exuberant Tod Dwiggins. Hardcover, full tan cloth, red & black titling & decoration. Light wear to book, pencil note on free endsheet; jacket rubbed, chipped, torn; missing a triangular inch from the head of the spine, affecting the title; most of the front panel intact, featuring full color art by W. S. Rogers. Text clean; [6], 244 pages + 4 pages publisher's ads; line drawings by 'Dwig'. Scarce in the jacket.. Later Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Tod Dwiggins [Dwig]. 5½" by 7½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- n0179
- Title
- Helen's Babies
- Author
- Habberton, John
- Illustrator
- Tod Dwiggins [Dwig]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Fiction, Children, Humor, Romance
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....