Viking Juvenile, 1970. Later printing. Hardback. Fine/very good. Hardcover in light violet cloth. 142 pp. with drawings by Ted CoConis. Later printing. Fine, bookplate on front flyleaf. In near fine, price clipped dust jacket. Winner of the Newbery Medal for 1971.

Synopsis

Summer of the Swans is a novel by Betsy Byars that won the Newbery Medal in 1971 about fourteen-year-old Sara Godfrey's search for her missing, mentally retarded brother Charlie. Summer of the Swans was filmed as Sara's Summer of the Swans for an ABC Afterschool Special.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E21318
Title: The Summer of the Swans
Author: Betsy Byars
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670681903
ISBN 13: 9780670681907
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1970
Keywords: children, juvenile, swans,
Bookseller catalogs: Children;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...