America's Stamps: the Story of One Hundred Years of U.S. Postage Stamps by Petersham, Maud and Miska - 1947

MacMillan Co. NY. 1947., 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Quarto, no dj. hardback. The story of 100 years of U. S. postage stamps. First Ed. Second printing. Ex school library book with pocket remains and stamp. Pages age toned else good. Pictorial boards, reinforced and taped with matching black tape around edges. Turquoise cloth with black lettering and design. Starts with colonial times and stampless mail, then postmasters provisional issue, then government issue, up through the 1940's. Beautifully illustrated. This is a picture album which tells the story of men who created the nation, adventures and struggle of a young country as it grew to greatness. 144 pp.

The Macaulay Company, 1947. Book. Illus. by Authors. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Normal shelfwear..

New York: Macmillan, 1947. Book. Illus. by Petersham, Maud and Miska. Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 4to.. 144 pages, numerous b/w and tinted illustrations, 2 full-page color illustrations by authors; blue cloth. Good+, small tape marks end papers, inner hinge cracked, paper lightly toned, no dust jacket, flap laid in.

Macmillan, 1947. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Back panel of jacket torn in half with huge chip missing. Front panel has quarter-sized chip..

Macmillan, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. A VG+ tight copy in a VG chipped dj.

N. Y.: The MacMillan Co., 1947. cloth hard cover is in very good condition with mild rub to corners with no dust jacket. has stamp illustrated endpapers. has a from to and date on front fly page otherwise is unmarked and tightly bound. 144 pages.. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY Macmillan 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very good+, no dj. Illustrated by authors..

New York: Macmillan, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover, covers slightly soiled, bottom front corner bumped, two magazine clippings stapled to front page. Dustwrapper has many tears with piece missing from top front, tape repair. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Macmillan. 1947. 2nd prtg. NF in Vg+ dj (bookplate, small bumps, dj spine bottom chip) .

New York: Macmillan, 1947. 1st ed. Hardcover. Petersham, Maud and Miska. 1st ed., 4to, full blue cloth stamped in black, "the story of one hundred years of U.S. postage stamps," with three full color pages and dozens of handsome two-color and grayscale drawings by the Petershams. Signed by both Petershams on half title. Fine in heavily chipped dj, no previous owner's marks.