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Through the Gate of My Book House
by Miller, Olive Beaupre--Editor
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Book House for Children Publishers, 1937. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Fair Condition. No Jacket, as issued. Delightfully illustrated in oranges/browns/greens by many different artists, with colors still bright and clear. and b/w drawings. Green cloth binding with gold titles and paste on picture which is rubbed. Corners and spine head and heel are scuffed, edges rubbed; the sewn binding is tight and solid. Endpapers illustrated in black, orange and green with children and a castle. This page is tape-repaired. Color illustration on the title page. Pages are quite clean with no underlining or highlighting, no notes or marginalia. All pages present and intact. Contents are varied and wonderfully illustrated: Battle of the Frogs and Mice; The Blacksmith; The Cowboy's Life; Elsa and the Ten Elves; The Peddler's caravan; and many more. 224 pages. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. 1937, The Book House for Children Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024883
- Title
- Through the Gate of My Book House
- Author
- Miller, Olive Beaupre--Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Book House for Children Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN/JUVENILE LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children/Juvenile;
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About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- 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...
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