JUMP SHY
by Houston, Joan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
-
Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1956. Yellow hardcover cloth binding square and tight. Lightly soiled. Ffep and back endpaper removed, a few library marks, but overall interior clean and tight. DJ shows minor shelfwear with some chips, displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. DJ price-clipped. Stated first printing. 261 pages. Precedes Horse Show Hurdles about a girl named Tam and her sister Cynnie. In this one, Tam meets the black horse Merlin and helps him get over his fear of jumping. Many things happen before summer's end - including the thrill of competing and the fear of Tam losing the horse she loves. Great illustrations by Paul Brown throughout (including some of the mischievous Irish Terrier, Riot!). Illus. by Brown, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012988
- Title
- JUMP SHY
- Author
- Houston, Joan
- Illustrator
- Brown, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses - Children and Juvenile Fiction; Horses - Illus by Paul Brown;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
Prepaid check or money order US currency.Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express accepted. Also take PAYPAL.S/H in US: Priority mail - $6.00 first book, $1.00 each addt\'l. Media mail - $3.00 first book, $1.00 each additional. Some heavier books may be higher.Ins. Extra Foreign shipment costs determined with order.All items returnable for full refund if not as described in listing - buyer must notify me by email BEFORE RETURNING within 3 days of receipt of item.
About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
Biblio member since 2004
Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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