KING OF THE WIND
by Henry, Marguerite
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Rand McNally, 1949. Red hardcover cloth binding wear at corners rubbing along edges and a bit of threads showing top of spine. Illustrated endpapers - previous owner's name erased from ffep. Binding square and tight, interior clean, just slightly yellowing pages. Dustjacket in several pieces but assembled in clean Brodart jacket. Large chip missing top LH corner of front cover. Other chips and rubbing both front and back of DJ. Cover has gold Newbery Medal winner seal. price of $2.75 on front flap. Small bookstore sticker half-title page. Copyright page states edition of 1949, has letter C indicating third printing. 172+ pages. Fact/fiction story of the stallion Sham, also known as the legendary Godolphin Arabian. This book, originally pubished in 1948, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1949. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Hardcover. Good/Fair.
Synopsis
King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a 1990 movie.
Reviews
On Dec 12 2009, Phone said:
KIng of the Wind is a great book about the Godolphin Arabian,Sham and horseboy,Agba.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012937
- Title
- KING OF THE WIND
- Author
- Henry, Marguerite
- Illustrator
- Dennis, Wesley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- Small 4to - over 9¾"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses - Children and Juvenile Fiction; Childrens - Award Winners; Horses - Illus by Wesley Dennis;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
Biblio member since 2004
Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
NOT AN OPEN SHOP: please e-mail questions and leave phone number if you\'d like - I\'ll get back with you! Catalog sales specializing in children\'s horse dog, and animal books; adult horse fiction and non-fiction; some aviation; and childrens books to read or collect.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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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