Grandpuff and Leafy.
by Lister, Gladys; Abbott, Joyce (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sydney: Marchant & Co., 1942. Unstated 1st ed.. Hardback wide octavo, pictorial cover, good plus condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), full-page colour drawings (including frontispiece), pages & covers lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear (particularly spine ends), old price marks. 56 pp. Collectible children's picture story. Undated first edition. Decorations by the author and Joyce Abbott. Dedicated to Lady Gowrie, and to every child with a Soldier Daddy. Pagination includes plates. Last page is list of six other books by Gladys Lister.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14782
- Title
- Grandpuff and Leafy.
- Author
- Lister, Gladys; Abbott, Joyce (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Unstated 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marchant & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- children's literature, collectible, collectable, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...