A BALL OF YARN: Its Unwinding
Published by Paul Elder & Company, San Francisco / New York, 1907
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
AbeBooks seller since September 8, 2020
Condition: Used
US$ 250.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition of this San Francisco-published collection of comic stories and tall tales, dedicated to Baron Munchausen and assorted other famous Liars of history. Published by San Francisco bookseller Paul Elder and printed by the Tomoye Press only a year after the Great San Francisco Earthquake. Quite scarce in the original dust jacket. 7.75'' x 4.75''. Original yellow pictorial boards. In original dust jacket. Illustrated by Johnson with frontispiece and plates in color. 79, [1] pages. Jacket toned, with some faint staining to spine; small tears and chipping to edges with one larger chip to rear panel. Light soil and bumping to boards.
Seller Inventory # 43867
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A BALL OF YARN: Its Unwinding
- Author
- Whiting, Robert Rudd; Johnson, Merle
- Publisher
- Paul Elder & Company, San Francisco / New York
- Publication year
- 1907
- Condition
- Very good in good jacket.
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Dimensions
- 7.75'' x 4.75''.
- Seller catalogs
- Lit
Type Punch Matrix
Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Store description
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. …
Specialty
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Seller's business information
Type Punch Matrix Inc.
1111 East West Highway, Suite 300
Silver Spring, MD U.S.A. 20910
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