A CHILD'S BESTIARY - with additional poems by Lucy Gardner
by Gardner, John
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 White cloth binding with a beautiful illustration of animals on a leaves background with black printing on the front cover and spine that is mirrored on the front and back of the dust jacket. No bumping or rubbing on the binding. The dust jacket has a small, 1/4", closed tear on the back top, and is encased in mylar which has a closed tear at the same place as the tear and a big chip in the plastic at the bottom of the back, else fine. 69 pages with b/w drawings, crisp, clean, unmarked and uncreased. Ex-library with typical markings. The binding is so good and tight it appears to be unread. A fine edition from a non-smoking household. We ship daily.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lucy, Joel, Joan, and John Gardner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Lots of Love Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 011084
- Title
- A CHILD'S BESTIARY - with additional poems by Lucy Gardner
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Illustrator
- Lucy, Joel, Joan, and John Gardner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Children, Poems, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Poetry; Children's Literature;
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- Crisp
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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