- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 14414
- Book condition: 1
- Illustrator: COOKE,EDNA
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1929
Book Description
1929. 1. MONTGOMERY,L.M. MAGIC FOR MARIGOLD. NY:Stokes 1929 (1929). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. Illustrated by EDNA COOKE SHOEMAKER with color frontis. that is repeated on cover and with decorative endpapers. The story features a young girl like Anne named Marigold Leslie, and her circle of family and friends on Prince Edward Island. Very scarce and a nice copy.
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8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
A.N. : When used to describe the condition of a book refers to As New, "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears," as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
