Romney Gay's Picture Book of Poems
by Gay, Romney
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Anthology of short verse for children selected by Romney Gay, best known for her Corally Cruthers books. Illustrations in color and in black and white by Romney Gay. Curious inscription on half-title page: For Patricia Weller, With best wishes from Mr. Britches, the daddy of Romney Gay, August 1943". ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 36 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53804
- Title
- Romney Gay's Picture Book of Poems
- Author
- Gay, Romney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1940s Children's Books, Children's Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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