Door in the Wall (1950 Newbery Medal)
by De Angeli, Marguerite
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1949 112 pgs. Blue cloth in color pictorial dust jacket with one edge tear, slight darkening along top edge visible on verso, light wear to top of spine, 123 written on spine panel, original price intact ($2.50). No award seal. Story of a "crippled" boy who gains recognition of the king in medieval England. Illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Newbery Medal for 1950.. Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Marguerite De Angeli. 8vo.
Synopsis
The Door in the Wall is a 1949 novel by Marguerite de Angeli that received the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1950.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010333
- Title
- Door in the Wall (1950 Newbery Medal)
- Author
- De Angeli, Marguerite
- Illustrator
- Marguerite De Angeli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's, Newbery medal, Medieval England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Newbery Medal & Honor Books; Children's Award Winners;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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