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Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions
by Thompson, Vivian L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0823401928
- ISBN 13
- 9780823401925
- Seller
-
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Holiday House, 1971. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kane, Herbert Kawainui. 128pp w glossary and index. Illustr. many full-page. Brick-red cloth w black lettering on cover and spine. Bumping to bottom corners, light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ shows soiling commensurate w age and handling, toning to spine and edges. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045107
- Title
- Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions
- Author
- Thompson, Vivian L
- Illustrator
- Kane, Herbert Kawainui
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0823401928
- ISBN 13
- 9780823401925
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Tales -- Hawaii. Folklore -- Hawaii. Tales. NOISBN Folklore & Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology; Anthropology;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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