Peter Churchmouse
by Austin, Margot
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good+. Austin, Margot. Author's very first book in what would become a series about animals in the living in the church of Parson Pease-Porridge. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author in pen-and-ink on nearly every page. Orig. published in June 1941, this is the 34th printing of that FIRST EDITION from Dec. 1943. Hardcover small 4to has green paper-covered boards decorated & lettered in brown & white to front, spine wrapped in red cloth, which shows fading & light soil. Condition is in Good+ condition: sewn binding intact, but stitching has loosened. Pages creamy white with modest tanning. Three (out of 44) pages have been partially colored with crayon. Moderate rubbing with small areas of paper loss to all extremities, corners heavily worn. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021496
- Title
- Peter Churchmouse
- Author
- Austin, Margot
- Illustrator
- Austin, Margot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- MICE MOUSE CHIDREN FICTION PICTURE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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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....
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Rubbing
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