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by Seredy, Kate
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First edition of this story of a grandma who moves her family to a farm to decrease their reliance on modern technology. This copy was once in the inventory of Aleph-Bet Books, and the description uses their images; if you would like further photos of the book, please contact us. 8.25'' x 6.5''. Original blue pictorial cloth. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial farm endpapers. Blue topstain. Illustrated with frontispiece and seventeen black and white full-page illustrations. [10], 280, [8] pages. Some sunning to spine of dust jacket, mild wear to edges of book. Else a very clean, nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1619
- Title
- OPEN GATE
- Author
- Seredy, Kate
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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