CLEVER BILL
by Nicholson, William
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.. Good. 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. 46 pages; Original owner's name inside front cover, otherwise contents clean and unmarked, illustrations brightly coloured. 23 leaves printed on rectos only with colour illustrations on each recto. Original pictorial boards rubbed along edges, especially corners, paper covering spine is lacking; dust soiled. Scarce First American Edition of this William Nicholson classic tale with fabulous colour illustrations. OCLC 7092517 This Doubleday, Page first American edition precedes the later Doubleday, Doran and Doubleday issues. "In 1927, Doubleday, Page merged with the George H. Doran Company, creating Doubleday, Doran. ... In 1944, Doubleday, Doran acquired the Philadelphia medical publisher Blakiston. In 1946, the company became Doubleday and Company." .
Reviews
On Jan 10 2011, Amacadam said:
William Nicholson is a superb illustrator of children's books--The Pirate Twins and Velveteen Rabbit are perhaps his most famous efforts. Clever Bill, a story he wrote, is a wonderful evocation of a child's relationship with a special toy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42773
- Title
- CLEVER BILL
- Author
- Nicholson, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.