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Flutterby
by Burnham, Clara Louise
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Miffliln and Co, 1910. First Edition. Small Octavo. First printing. 64 pages illustrated with four color plates. A lovely fairy story that illustrates the worth and beauty of love in human experience. Flutterfly was a little princess whose cruel father punished her by removing her from her royal home and placing her in Freezeland (which was under the control of Jack Frost). A change and her return home are beautifully told in this work. A beautiful copy bound in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, color pictorial pastedown, spine gilt, in a very good pictorial dust jacket with a few small tears and chips to edges. Previous owner's gift inscription "Marion E. Randall/from mother's/Denver friend/May 5, 1910/Many happy returns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031006
- Title
- Flutterby
- Author
- Burnham, Clara Louise
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Miffliln and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Children Fairy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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