WOODEN WILLIE
by Gruelle Johnny
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, circa 1929. An early Donohue reprint of the Volland first edition of 1927. Illustrated all throughout in colour by the author. Tall 8vo, original colour decorated boards backed in buckram, with pictorial colour endpapers featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy. 95, (1). Internally near fine, fresh and clean. The boards of the binding with some fading and wear, especially to the corners, a few old pencil marks on the upper cover, the buckram mellowed. The fun-filled adventures of a wooden doll named Willie and his other toy friends by the beloved author of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. So come along to Wooden Town where you can eat ‘The Magic Candy’, see the ‘Pennies That Roll Up Hill’ and find ‘Happiness for All’.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24929
- Title
- WOODEN WILLIE
- Author
- Gruelle Johnny
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- M.A. Donohue & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- circa 1929
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
Newburyport, Massachusetts
About Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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