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Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company. Good. 1953. Hardcover. 20 cm. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Light wear to corners and edges. Spine a bit faded. The rivets have been replaced with buttons on both sides of the front cover. Light rubbing overall. The fold out boy's head is creased at the chin/neck, and there are lighter creases on both of his legs. The first page has impression marks from the buttons. Otherwise, the insides are clean and bright. A book with a boy's figure on the rear of front cover, with head and feet that swivel out from book. As you turn the pages the left hand page is an outfit which then "dresses" the boy in an outfit to suit the text on the opposite page. A "Jack in the Book" Bonnie Book from this publisher. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 755
- Title
- Billy Boy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Samuel Lowe Company
- Place of Publication
- Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Activity;
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Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.