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The Gray Whales of Baja
by LARSEN, Wendy Wilder, Poet; Josie Merck, Illustrator
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A touch of sunning to spine, otherwise fine in original textured cloth with lettering and design in silver.
- ISBN 10
- 0615374719
- ISBN 13
- 9780615374710
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sky Hop Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A touch of sunning to spine, otherwise fine in original textured cloth with lettering and design in silver.. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.75 in. 67 pp. Fully illustrated with 14 color reproductions of paintings by Josie Merck. Signed by Wendy Larsen (poet) and Josie Merck (illustrator) on the colophon page. From a limited edition of 150 copies, this being Number 128. Also inscribed by Merck on the title page. Bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery. Color illustrated endpapers by Josie Merck (monoprint). With laid in errata slip.
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- Bookseller
- Bagatelle Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2710
- Title
- The Gray Whales of Baja
- Author
- LARSEN, Wendy Wilder, Poet; Josie Merck, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A touch of sunning to spine, otherwise fine in original textured cloth with lettering and design in silver.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0615374719
- ISBN 13
- 9780615374710
- Publisher
- Sky Hop Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
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Asheville, North Carolina
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