![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
BACKBONE OF THE KING: The Story of Paka'a and His Son Ku.
by Brown, Marcia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex-school library with signs of a pocket on front endpaper, discard stamp on title page, but overwise in very good to near fine
- Seller
-
Ione, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: Scribner's,, 1966.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-school library with signs of a pocket on front endpaper, discard stamp on title page, but overwise in very good to near fine condition in illustrated library binding. Many pages still unopened, indicating that this copy has never been read.. First printing. Includes many woodcuts by the author, based on her experiences during a stay in the Hawaiian islands. Includes a 16 page glossary,
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15391
- Title
- BACKBONE OF THE KING: The Story of Paka'a and His Son Ku.
- Author
- Brown, Marcia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-school library with signs of a pocket on front endpaper, discard stamp on title page, but overwise in very good to near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner's,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1966.
- Keywords
- folktales, woodcuts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hawaii and Pacific;
Terms of Sale
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Free media mail shipping in US included; priority is $7.50 and international at cost. Books are packed carefully, shipped promptly with delivery confirmation and insurance at our expense. It is important for our customers to be totally satisfied with their purchase and guarantee all of our books to be as described. Want lists welcomed.
About the Seller
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Ione, California
About Bookfever.com, IOBA
Celebrating our 30th year in business. We started selling books in the CompuServe Book Collecting forum in 1993, a few years before there was any commercial Internet. In 1998 we relocated our main business from Sacramento to the Sierra foothills of Amador County.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...