The Junior Book of Authors: An Introduction to the Lives of Writers and Illustrators for Younger Readers from Lewis Carroll and Louisa Alcott to the Present Day
by Kunitz, Stanley J. And Haycroft, Howard
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1940. Third Printing . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Various. With 260 photographs and Drawings. With an introduction by Effie L. Power. Red pictorial boards with black titles to front and spine. 392pp. Ex-lib, library plate pasted to front paste-down end paper, library stamp to title page. Glazed pages. Good, tight copy, text bright and unaffected.
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- Seller
- Ripping Yarns
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 30042
- Title
- The Junior Book of Authors: An Introduction to the Lives of Writers and Illustrators for Younger Readers from Lewis Carroll and Louisa Alcott to the Present Day
- Author
- Kunitz, Stanley J. And Haycroft, Howard
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- The H.W. Wilson Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ILLUSTRATORS, PICTURE ANDERSON, ABBOT, BIANCO, ALLCOTT, CARROLL, CROWNFIELD
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- Reference;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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