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Fables
by Lobel, Arnold
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060239743
- ISBN 13
- 9780060239749
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1980. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Lobel, Arnold. Caldecott-winning collection of 20 original fables written & illustrated in full color by Lobel. 41 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1980, this hardcover 4to has soft blue cloth-covered boards blindstamped with the title to front & lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Fine: nearly as fresh & crisp as Brand New! Completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white & unmarked. The price-clipped DJ is VG, downgraded due to modest rubbing to extremities & slight edgewear (including a tiny tear & light creasing to bottom edge of front cover). Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free for years of reading pleasure! We are also offering a softcover copy of this title, identical in all contents; please see our listing # 023630). Our photos show the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022929
- Title
- Fables
- Author
- Lobel, Arnold
- Illustrator
- Lobel, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060239743
- ISBN 13
- 9780060239749
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- children fantasy animals fable legend myth fiction illustrated illustrators picture books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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