Bridgman's Kewts
de Bridgman, L. J. [Lewis Jesse]
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, bookseller's ticket on front pastedown endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf, front
- Librería
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, bookseller's ticket on front . pastedown endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf, front hinge cracked, a . few pages smudged, shaken.. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding with color illustration of young boy in nightshirt with lit candle on front and rear boards. Decorative endpapers. 44 full-page illustrations in red and black. An antique children's picture book about a group of five Kewts: bald little people (not quite as cute as Palmer Cox's Brownies, but similar) who take a tour, written in verse, of the 48 United States with their tour guide Sammy, a short, bald version of Uncle Sam. There's Kewt Pat (Irish) , Kewt Sandy (Scottish) , Kewt Ah San (Chinese) , Kewt Hans (Dutch) and Kewt Sambo (a fez-wearing African). Sambo suffers the most from stereotypical writing and illustrations and Native Americans of Oklahoma are also slammed. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 94 pages .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 32380
- Título
- Bridgman's Kewts
- Autor
- Bridgman, L. J. [Lewis Jesse]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, bookseller's ticket on front pastedown endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf, front
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- H. M. Caldwell Company
- Lugar de publicación
- NY and Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1902
- Palabras clave
- 1900s Childrens Books, Antique Children's Books, Children's Geography, Kewts, Racial Stereotypes In Children's Literature
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Children's Books;
Términos de venta
Old Saratoga Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Old Saratoga Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Selkirk, New York
Sobre Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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