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A ball of yarn : its unwinding

Title

A ball of yarn : its unwinding / by Robert Rudd Whiting ; the illustrations by Merle Johnson.

Author

Whiting, Robert Rudd, 1877-1918

Publication

San Francisco ; New York : Paul Elder & Company, [1907]
[San Francisco] : Tomoyé Press
©1907

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Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	Rare Books 21-425	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	NBO (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)	Offsite
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KP (Nash) (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGJ (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

v, 79 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 20 cm

Alternative Title

Yellow yarns

Subject

Tall tales > United States > Fiction
Tall tales > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Dust jackets (Binding)
Pictorial bindings (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance)
Presentation copies (Provenance)
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

"Many of these yarns were first printed in the New York Sun, and the author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editor of that paper in permitting their publication here in book form"--Title page verso.
Colored frontispiece and colored plates facing pages 14, 34, 44 and 74.

Provenance (note)

Copy in Rare Books 21-425 is inscribed in ink, on front pastedown by Merle Johnston: "For Frank Willson of Bawston and points Eest ..."; bookplate: "Ex libris Merle Johnson" on front free endpaper; Johnson's inscription and/or signature on frontispiece and plates opposite 14, 34, and 74.

Binding (note)

Copy in Rare Books 21-425 is bound in publisher's color pictorial binding; title, author, and title page vignette stamped in green and red on yellow paper over boards; with color printed pictorial dust jacket; title at head of dust jacket: "Yellow Yarns".

Call Number

NBO (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)

LCCN

07031419

OCLC

9224360

Author

Whiting, Robert Rudd, 1877-1918, author.

Title

A ball of yarn : its unwinding / by Robert Rudd Whiting ; the illustrations by Merle Johnson.

Publisher

San Francisco ; New York : Paul Elder & Company, [1907]

Manufacturer

[San Francisco] : Tomoyé Press

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Rare Books 21-425 is inscribed in ink, on front pastedown by Merle Johnston: "For Frank Willson of Bawston and points Eest ..."; bookplate: "Ex libris Merle Johnson" on front free endpaper; Johnson's inscription and/or signature on frontispiece and plates opposite 14, 34, and 74. NN

Binding

Copy in Rare Books 21-425 is bound in publisher's color pictorial binding; title, author, and title page vignette stamped in green and red on yellow paper over boards; with color printed pictorial dust jacket; title at head of dust jacket: "Yellow Yarns". NN

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Added Author

Johnson, Merle, 1874-1935, illustrator.

Johnson, Merle, 1874-1935, inscriber. NN

Willson, Frank C., 1889-1960, former owner. NN

Paul Elder and Company, publisher.

Tomoyé Press, printer.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 21-425

NBO (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)

*KGJ (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)

*KP (Nash) (Whiting, R. R. Ball of yarn)

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