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The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine,or The Hithering Thithering Djinn
by Donald Barthelme
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farra Straus Giroux, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1971 FIRST EDITION stated, Donald Barthelme's famous story, 1887 story of Mathilda and the mysterious Chinese house, un paginated, heavily illustrated with Victorian illustrations, Book is near Fine, ultra clean green cloth boards with light black and red titles to spine, very light corner bumps else Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Book is just over 11nches in height by 8.75 inches in width,Jacket is Very Good Plus, sticker pull on front cover, light corner and edge wear as well as wear to heel and head of spine, very clean tight and square, beautiful illustrations. Very clean and most presentable First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002628
- Title
- The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine,or The Hithering Thithering Djinn
- Author
- Donald Barthelme
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farra Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated Children's Books,
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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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....
- 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.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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