Through Golden Windows. Fun and Fantasy. Favorites Old and New: Tales, Legend, Humor
by Edited by Jeanne Hale, Nora Beust, Phyllis Fenner, Bernice E. Leary, Mary Katherine Reely, Dora V. Smith
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., (c. 1958). hardcover. Very good/very good. Small quarto (approx. 6 3/8" wide by 9 1/8" tall), xii + 281 pages. Green cloth covers, slight browning at edges. 200 illustrations of which 100 are in color. Dust jacket price clipped, spine darkened, but still very nice and bright.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000018521
- Title
- Through Golden Windows. Fun and Fantasy. Favorites Old and New: Tales, Legend, Humor
- Author
- Edited by Jeanne Hale, Nora Beust, Phyllis Fenner, Bernice E. Leary, Mary Katherine Reely, Dora V. Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c. 1958)
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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