Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1946
Da: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Anne Vaughan (illustratore). 1st Edition. The cover has brick orange cloth with blue lettering and an illustration. Seven plates of color illustrations; half-page and full-page, b/w illustrations; color illustrations on the endpapers. The main characters are a doll and a Scottish terrier. The boards' bottom, front corners are a little frayed. The cloth has a few faded spots, with 1 1/2 in. being the largest. An owner's name is on the front pastedown. One page has a vertical, crease line. Seven pages and one plate have a bend line on a corner. One page margin has a 1/4 in. chip. Scans e-mailed upon request. Standard shipping cost in the U.S. will be reduced.
Editore: Little, Brown, Boston, 1952
Da: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: MABA
Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. later printing. 7 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Color illus. Condition is GOOD+ ; cover has some very faint ring stains, light wear to corners. Binding tight. Gift message dated 1958 on front pastedown. Text clean. Chil. Stax.
Editore: Little, Brown & Company, 1948
Da: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Cover. Vaughan, Anne [Illustator] (illustratore). Very good hardcover, no dust jacket. Illustrations throughout.
Editore: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1946
Da: Deja Vu Books, Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Vaughan, Anne (illustratore). 1st Edition. Brown hardcover binding with black decoration clean square and tight. Book plate from Little Brown & Company with the Wisconsin Contract Price to schools of $1.58 front endpaper. DJ price $1.75. Illustrated endpapers, slight dampness wear to first few pages - slightly wavy. Full page color illustration opposite page 72 is almost completely detached but present. But overall clean and tight interior with no writing or marks. DJ has some chips and closed tears along spine. 86 pages. Susan Araminta is different from all the other dolls because her face was made of wood. She is put in a box with some old clothes and left at the curb. The trashman with a horse and wagon means to take her home to his little girl but she falls off the wagon and lands in the street. There she is discovered by the gruff Scottish Terrier Mister MacHugh who rescues her. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.
Editore: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1946
Da: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good binding. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair dust jacket. First Edition. Full page illustrations, some in color. Short tear to the front endpaper. Chipping and tears to the dustjacket, and section of loss to the rear cover of the dustjacket. Clay colored cloth with blue lettering, and a Fair dustjacket. Very Good binding / Fair dust jacket.
Editore: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1946
Da: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Anne Vaughan (illustratore). First Edition. A handsome, very presentable copy of the April 1946 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, and very mild wear to the spine ends. Nicely illustrated throughout in rich color and black-and-white by Anne Vaughan.
Editore: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1946
Da: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First edition. First printing of this charming tale of an old wooden doll and her Scottie dog rescuer, and their adventures in search of a home. An interesting post-war adventure book: NOBODY'S DOLL and the 1930 Newbery Medal winner HITTY, HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS - both stories about a sentient wooden doll with a long history - can be compared as a sort of "before and after" of the tone of children's literature preceding and following the trauma of WWII. A beautiful copy in exceptionally nice condition. 8.75'' x 6''. Original red-orange cloth boards with blue stamping. Original unclipped ($1.75) color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers of two children, Mr. MacHugh the dog, and Susan the doll. Color frontispiece with seven full-page color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. 86 pages. Jacket with a bit of soil, mild edgewear; one tiny closed tear near front joint. Binding spine ends a touch bumped. Sharp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.