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CINDERELLA, or The Little Glass Slipper
by Brown, Marcia
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Later printing. Inscribed by Marcia Brown to Charlotte Huck opposite the title page. Huck (1922-2005) was an internationally renowned children's literature expert whose classic textbook, Children's Literature in the Elementary School, is now in its tenth edition. A magical adaptation of the classic French fairly tale, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown (1918-2015), who was awarded the 1955 Caldecott Medal for this work. Small quarto. Original rose cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A near fine copy in the pictorial dust jacket with some mild toning and wear along the extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75511
- Title
- CINDERELLA, or The Little Glass Slipper
- Author
- Brown, Marcia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Cinderella, Fairy Tales, Illustrated Books, Caldecott Medal
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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