The Skating Gander
by Bailey, Alice Cooper
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Wise-Parslow Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. c. 1935. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, yellow lettering on spine and cover, yellow Dutch skating vignette on cover, color endpapers. Illustrated with color full-page color drawings and in-text illustrations by Marie Honre Myers. Alice Cooper Bailey (1890 1978) was an American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals. She is best known for the books "Katrina and Jan" and "Kimo." . Covers moderately worn and soiled along the fore-edge, former owner's name and date (1937) on fep, the corner of one page torn (not affecting text or illustration), otherwise unmarked, else fine; tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Color Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 93 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29056
- Title
- The Skating Gander
- Author
- Bailey, Alice Cooper
- Illustrator
- Marie Honre Myers
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Wise-Parslow Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- c. 1935
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Alice Cooper Bailey, Marie Honre Myers, Holland, Dutch Stories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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