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Wee Gillis
by LEAF, MUNRO and ROBERT LAWSON (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good. Spine slightly cocked; some rubbing to fore-corners, a bit of soiling at spine. Binding tight, text unmarked. Lacking
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Spine slightly cocked; some rubbing to fore-corners, a bit of soiling at spine. Binding tight, text unmarked. Lacking dust jacket.. 4to. 7.25 x 10.25 in. Unpaginated. Original yellow quarter-cloth over illustrated tartan paper. Fully illustrated with reproductions of black & white drawings by ROBERT LAWSON; endpapers illustrated in green. This is the First Trade Issue, inscribed by illustrator ROBERT LAWSON with drawing, and signed by author MUNRO LEAF, at half-title. Uncommon thus. Caldecott Honor Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1327
- Title
- Wee Gillis
- Author
- LEAF, MUNRO and ROBERT LAWSON (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Spine slightly cocked; some rubbing to fore-corners, a bit of soiling at spine. Binding tight, text unmarked. Lacking
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Irving Book Company
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