Entire book is limp cloth, printed in full color. One of Saalfield's 'Muslin Books "ever wear -- never tear"'. Be that as it may, one section torn open, affecting the margin of one image, some corner curling & creasing, edges a bit frayed, some foxing and staining; most of the interior is pretty nice. Stereotyped verse dittys about children of the world at work and at play, including a Chinese lad, a sailor boy, the circus, 'Fat Dutch Peter', 'Sturdy Russian Ludaminsky', Scots laddies with pipe & kilt, 'barefoot newsie Dan', a wee Japanese Maid, Cousin Paul the footballer, dancing Piccaninny Sambo, Quaker kids, soldier boys marching, Eskimos, and Wapakoneta the Indian brave. Vigorous full color illustrations on each page. Seller Inventory # u2494

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Baby's Friends

Publisher: Saalfield, New York/Akron/Chigaco

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

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Established in 1991, Bookworks has had an on-line presence since 1999, shipping thousands of books to, well, dozens of countries. We have several thousand books on display at Angela's Attic and the Best of Beloit antique malls on Highway 75/Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois, and at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We have thousands of uncatalogued books, though we're trying very hard to get them listed; please feel free to email or call with any enquiries. Member MWABA (MidWest Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) and IOBA (International Online Bookseller's Association).

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Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
WI, U.S.A.

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All books subject to prior sale, though we do our best to update daily. We accept major credit cards, PayPal, and checks. If you specify PayPal, we will send an invoice. All books are guaranteed to be as described and are returnable with prior notice. We pack them as we would like them to be packed when we order them: securely in a box. NON-USA BUYERS please note: most books with an 'os' in our catalog number are over-size and will require additional shipping, which can be specified if you will ...

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