I Wonder Why
by Gordon, Elizabeth
- Used
- Condition
- fair: binding intact. bookplate front paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, text otherwise clean. fading and shelf wear on front/no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Rand McNally, 1921. hardcover. fair: binding intact. bookplate front paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, text otherwise clean. fading and shelf wear on front and back boards, bumped corners. Spine missing roughly upper 1/3 of cover./no DJ. Ross, M.T. "Penny. Duodecimo 80pp. Classic children's story illustrated by M.T. "Penny" Ross, an illustrator and comic artist known for helping develop the character "Buster Brown," creating the nationally syndicated comic strip "Mamma's Angel Child." later printing of first edition. #00158.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 234
- Title
- I Wonder Why
- Author
- Gordon, Elizabeth
- Illustrator
- Ross, M.T. "Penny
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair: binding intact. bookplate front paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, text otherwise clean. fading and shelf wear on front
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- children, illustrated
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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