Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lincoln City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Viking Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1937. Third Printing. Decorated Cloth. Covers are soiled, owner's bookplate on the fep. Sawyer inscribed the book on the title page. Interior is very good. All hinges are tight.; Hardcover; 6x9 1/2"; Signed by Inscribed By the Author .
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
- Bookseller
- Robert's Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9475
- Title
- Roller Skates
- Author
- Sawyer, Ruth
- Illustrator
- Angelo, Valenti
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Fiction, Juvenile, Literature, Newberry Medal
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About the Seller
Robert's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lincoln City, Oregon
About Robert's Bookshop
Robert's Bookshop is a large used bookshop (in the same location for 31 years) on the beautiful central Oregon Coast. We are open 7 days a week, 1000 to 1730. We have upwards of a quarter of a million books in stock, so what you see online is only a very small portion of our inventory.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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