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SAD-FACED BOY
by Bontemps, Arna & Virginia Lee Burton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395066433
- ISBN 13
- 9780395066430
- Seller
-
Livonia, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395066433 . ; Coral cloth cover is frayed at corners and spine caps with discoloration at top at top and bottom of spine strip but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gift inscription in pencil on half title page dated 1937. Color frontispiece and title page. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Additional 7 color and b&w plates for a total of 8. Dust jacket is toned and worn with chips on spine panel and top and bottom of flap creases. DJ flap is price clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.2 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches; 119 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8762
- Title
- SAD-FACED BOY
- Author
- Bontemps, Arna & Virginia Lee Burton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395066433
- ISBN 13
- 9780395066430
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- 0395066433
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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