Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest or the Indian Girl Star of the Movies
by Emerson, Alice B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cupples & Leon, 1921. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Groundbreaking series about a young orphan girl who eventually comes to head her own motion picture company in the early decades of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for other children's series featuring strong female leads. This was Vol. #17 in the series (out of 30 total books), & is a First Edition slightly later printing (listing to book #23 in rear) from 1921. Hardcover has light tan cloth-covered boards with the red & blue design of a girl in a midi blouse & skirt with book on front cover, in 206 pages + 6 pages of ads in rear, glossy frontispiece. Condition is VG: very clean, pages creamy white with moderate tanning, but unmarked. Binding strong & straight, rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. Light soiling/foxing to outside page edges, small dent to top such pages. The clipped DJ is also VG, with modest rubbing to extremities & small chips at both ends of spine; colors bright & unfaded. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019373
- Title
- Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest or the Indian Girl Star of the Movies
- Author
- Emerson, Alice B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Cupples & Leon
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS GIRLS VINTAGE ORPHANS FILM MOTION PICTURES ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.