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Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
by Johnny Gruelle
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The P F Volland Company , 1924. First edition. Hardback. Good. 9" by 6" . Johnny Gruelle. The first edition of one of Raggedy Ann and Andy's popular children's tales by American author Johnny Gruelle. The first edition of this work, with no additional edition remarks or reprints to copyright (later printings specify to copyright page). Children's tale of Raggedy Ann and Andy written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, American artist and cartoonist as well as author of children's books. Those of Raggedy Ann and Andy are his most famous stories, concerning a couple of rag dolls and their adventures. Illustrated in text with colour. In the original publisher's cloth backed printed boards binding. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Boards lightly marked with minor chipping to extremities, Previous ownership inscriptions in pen and pencil to half title, undated. Evidence of pencil drawing rubbed out to verso half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 857A16
- Title
- Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
- Author
- Johnny Gruelle
- Illustrator
- Johnny Gruelle
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The P F Volland Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- raggedy ann and andy children's first editions johnny gruelle children's
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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