Penny Plain, Two Pence Coloured A History of the Juvenile Drama
by Wilson, A. E. ; Charles B. Cochran (Foreword)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan and Co.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. Color and b&w reproductions; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 118 pages; [1932] Macmillan Oversize HC/DJ. 1st American edition, published with sheets printed in London. Original red cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Front endpages with partial splitting in the hinge have been archivally mended with japanese kozo paper tape; light offset toning to endsheets.. Color pictorial dust jacket is a bit faded and toned at spine and with several chips missing from the shelf rubbed edges. A group of closed tears across the front panel have old paper tape mends to the blank reverse surfaces of the jacket. Illustrated with numerous b&w and color reproductions. Uncommon in original dust jacketed examples. VG-/G+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47815
- Title
- Penny Plain, Two Pence Coloured A History of the Juvenile Drama
- Author
- Wilson, A. E. ; Charles B. Cochran (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children''s Books; England;
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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