TOPS AND WHISTLES: True Stories of Early American Toys and Children.
by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin (1875-1961), Illustrated by Grace Paull
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in tan cloth with red lettering and illustration (light soiling to the covers, bookplate), no dust jacket. /tan cloth with red lettering and illustration (light soiling to the covers, bookplate), no
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: The Viking Press,, (1937.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in tan cloth with red lettering and illustration (light soiling to the covers, bookplate), no dust jacket. . First printing. Seventeen stories about American children during colonial and Revolutionary days and their toys, illustrated with 20 full page lithographs by Grace Paull, as well as several smaller drawings. The illustrations are based on early toys owned by collectors and museums. Includes a directory listing where the original toys described in the various stories may be seen. 193 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53173
- Title
- TOPS AND WHISTLES: True Stories of Early American Toys and Children.
- Author
- Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin (1875-1961), Illustrated by Grace Paull
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in tan cloth with red lettering and illustration (light soiling to the covers, bookplate), no dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- tan cloth with red lettering and illustration (light soiling to the covers, bookplate), no
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1937.)
- Keywords
- colonial america, american revolution,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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