The Nutcracker of Nuremberg; A Christmas Fantasy Based on the Old Hoffman Legend
by Cooke, Donald E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: John C. Winston Company. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. ©1938. Hardcover. 148 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in copper-colored, cloth-covered boards. The foot of the spine and somewhat along the bottom edges has some moisture damage. The corners are knocked. Top edge of the text block is dusty. Some discoloration to both sets of endpapers, with an number and an erasure on the front free endpaper. The inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight edge toning. Dust jacket has heavy edge wear, especially at the spine ends and corners. Rubbed along the folds. The spine is faded. Fairly light soil to both panels. Not price clipped ($2.00). Charmingly illustrated by the author. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6712
- Title
- The Nutcracker of Nuremberg; A Christmas Fantasy Based on the Old Hoffman Legend
- Author
- Cooke, Donald E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- ©1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Christmas;
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About the Seller
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
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....