The Three Billy Goats.
by Dobias, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1927. First edition of Dobias' charming retelling of the classic Norwegian fairy tale. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, patterned endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce. Austrian-born American illustrator Frank Dobias illustrated several successful children's books between the early 1920s and late 1940s. His illustrations for the Japanese version of Little Black Sambo made the book a bestseller in Japan, selling well over a million copies between 1953-1988.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115582
- Title
- The Three Billy Goats.
- Author
- Dobias, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Three Billy Goats First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...