Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car
by Fleming, Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/good
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. Burningham, John. 8vo. [10], 114, [4] pp. Bound in full red cloth, title in gilt on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Very Good, light wear and rubbing to binding, pages clean, hinges tight, in Good price-clipped dust jacket, 1/2" strip missing at bottom edge of rear cover, creasing and wear to extremities, overall sunning and rubbing.
Synopsis
Jemima and Jeremy Potts watch their father fix up his old, broken down jalopy with excitement, feeling that there is something special about it... sure enough, once the car is repaired, it begins to fly and drive itself around! They name the car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang because of the sounds it makes as it drives them on their wild adventures!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002174
- Title
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Author
- Fleming, Ian
- Illustrator
- Burningham, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Garnet Books
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Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.