UNCLE SWITHIN'S INVENTIONS.
by (Rounds). Webb, Wheaton P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York Holiday House, Inc., (1947).. (1947).. Very good. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY WHEATON P. WEBB - Octavo, color pictorial boards titled in black, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket is very lightly chipped with a crease & short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. [vi] & 114 pages, with pictorial endpapers and full-page & textual black & white illustrations from drawings by Rounds. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed on the half-title: "For Anna and Ken / 'I grasp the tail-feathers of the idea,' said Uncle Swithin, 'but I lose the bird.' Wheaton Webb / Oneonta N.Y. / April 26, 1948".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34630
- Title
- UNCLE SWITHIN'S INVENTIONS.
- Author
- (Rounds). Webb, Wheaton P
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York Holiday House, Inc., (1947).
- Date Published
- (1947).
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; HUMOR; WHEATON P. WEBB; ILLUSTRATOR; ROUNDS; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; SIGNATURE.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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