Wind in the Chimney
by Cornelia Meigs
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Louise Mansfield. First edition. Blue cloth. In good condition, with some edgewear and fading to the spine. Some foxing to the perimeter and the pages from front free-end to the dedication page. Non-author gift inscription on front free end. Clean, tight interior, with full-color plate opposite the title page. Hardcover. 144 pp. A historical novel about a family of Philadelphia homesteaders when America was young and George Washington was president. With pen & ink drawings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AE29718
- Title
- Wind in the Chimney
- Author
- Cornelia Meigs
- Illustrator
- Louise Mansfield
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Vintage children, kids, historical novel, Philadelphia, George Washington, vintage, Founding Fathers, colonial, American history, Pennsylvania, American revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Plate
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...