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A Merry-Go-Round of In-Door Games
by P.S.C
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Worthington Company, 1889. Scarce compendium of parlor games; not explained, but evocatively described by a simple verse and illustrated with delightful two-color lithographs in black & old rose (dark pink); versos blank. Hardcover, full color litho covers, gold-hued cloth spine. Worn, corners & edges rubbed & frayed; torn along spine both in and out, hinges weak; small damaged patch on front cover, rear cover scratched & scuffed; a few pages lightly smudged; pencil drawings,mostly erased, inside rear cover. Text & illustrations clean; 14 printed pages, including the title page and tailpiece (a fairy ring).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by W.P.B.. 8¼" by 10½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- os368
- Title
- A Merry-Go-Round of In-Door Games
- Author
- P.S.C
- Illustrator
- W.P.B.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Worthington Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Games, Parlor Games
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
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.
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