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Robert Francis Weatherbee.
by LEAF, Munro
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, 1935. First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author "For Jimmie Peck, from Marie Louise and with the very best wishes of her friend Munro Leaf 1935" with two small drawings of Robert Francis Weatherbee next to the inscription. Leaf is best known for his 1936 work The Story of Ferdinand, which was published a few months before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and is often seen as a pacifist title. Small octavo. Original blue cloth, titles and illustration to front board in red. With the sometime supplied illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in colour by the author. Spine cocked, spine and head of front board sunned, minor rubbing to board edges; a very good, notably bright copy, in the lightly soiled jacket with chips to spine ends and foot of front panel, unclipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139617
- Title
- Robert Francis Weatherbee.
- Author
- LEAF, Munro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Sunned
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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