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Abel's Island
by Steig, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Farrar/Straus/Giroux, 1977. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Charming children's story about Abel the mouse, stranded on an uninhabited island, who struggles to get back home to his family. Would go on to become a Newbery Honor book (this was too early an edition to have the silver seal). First published in 1976, this is the Third Printing of that FIRST EDITION from 1977. With light blue cloth-covered boards & silver lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white with mild foxing to fore edge. Old gift inscription to half title page. Only other flaw is rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG+ due to some rubbing with a chip to head of spine & a few other tiny chips to same top edges, short tear with creasing to bottom edge of back cover; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays Pacific time; later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020404
- Title
- Abel's Island
- Author
- Steig, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 3rd Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar/Straus/Giroux
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- MICE MOUSE FANTASY FICTION ISOLATION ISLANDS CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Rubbing
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