Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/no DJ ex-library
- Seller
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Camden, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Viking Press, 1936. 1st Ed. hardcover. Good/no DJ ex-library. Valenti Angelo. 8vo, original tan cloth binding with blue and red lettering and illustration, cover is soiled, top of spine frayed, small library stamp on front pastedown, ink number on title page, library pocket and stamp on rear endpaper, no other library markings, a children's novel, 186 pages" .
Synopsis
Roller Skates is a book by Ruth Sawyer that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1937. It deals with the author's New York childhood.
Reviews
On Oct 7 2014, a reader said:
I thought it would be a happy-go-lucky book about way back when, but I was surprised by how many dark topics, like murder and death are in it.
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Details
- Seller
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13565
- Title
- Roller Skates
- Author
- Ruth Sawyer
- Illustrator
- Valenti Angelo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/no DJ ex-library
- Edition
- 1st Ed
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1936
Terms of Sale
Stone Soup Books
Books are returnable within 14 days. Full refund upon return.
About the Seller
Stone Soup Books
Biblio member since 2004
Camden, Maine
About Stone Soup Books
Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...