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Farmer Duck
by Martin Waddell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Walker Books, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 10.5" by 9.5". Helen Oxenbury. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition, first impression of this delightful children's tale, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.With the inscription to the colophon 'for star Tom and Regina with love from Helen, 21.11.91' to the colophon, and Tom Maschler's bookplate beneath this. Maschler was a noted publisher who headed Jonathan Cape for over three decades. During his career he helped to publish and discover works by Ernest Hemingway, Gabriel Garcia Marques, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Joseph Heller, John Lennon, and many other influential authors. He was also a one of the key figures in the creation of the Booker Prize in 1969. Regina was his second wife, whom he married in 1988.'Farmer Duck' was winner of the British Illustrated Children's Book of the Year, while for her illustrations Oxenbury was a highly commended runner-up for the annual Greenaway Medal. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to spine tail, otherwise fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription and bookplate to colophon, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 854F41
- Title
- Farmer Duck
- Author
- Martin Waddell
- Illustrator
- Helen Oxenbury
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walker Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 10.5" by 9.5"
- Keywords
- Farmer Duck Tom Maschler Regina Kulinicz Jonathan Cape Tom Maschler
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- Colophon
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
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