Rolling Stone.
by STONE, Fred
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Whittlesey House,, 1945. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author with an original drawing of a scarecrow on the front free endpaper, "To Helen Clark, Olé Scarecrow Stone, Wizard of Oz, Fred Stone", and additionally inscribed by his daughter Dorothy and her husband, actor Charles Collins, on the half-title, "Merry Xmas, Helen - Charles Collins & Dorothy Stone, 1945". Fred Stone famously played the Scarecrow in the 1902 Broadway production of the Wizard of Oz. In 1923 he was Raggedy Andy to Dorothy's Raggedy Ann in the musical Stepping Stones. Ray Bolger, who played the Scarecrow in MGM's adaptation of L. Frank Baum's book, was a fan of Stone's work. The two Scarecrows appeared together in a radio programme promoting the film's release in 1939. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and front board gilt. With dust jacket. Black and white portrait frontispiece and plates throughout. An excellent copy in a rubbed jacket with a few minor chips and stains.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112207
- Title
- Rolling Stone.
- Author
- STONE, Fred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Whittlesey House,
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...