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The Animal Family
by JARRELL, Randall (text); SENDAK, Maurice (illustrations)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394910435
- ISBN 13
- 9780394910437
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0394910435 . A 1985 later printing of Randall Jarrell's final story before his passing. This is the charming story of a man who lived alone in the wilderness and who called the animals around him his family. Delightfully illustrated by Maurice Sendak. This edition is an exact replica of the original 1965 edition.--- In full blue cloth covers with cover decorations in silver and silver-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket features Sendak art to front panel. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, unmarked and newish but with two small tears to paper at rear gutter area which don't affect the stability of the binding. Unclipped jacket ($12.95) with a one-inch tear to top edge and general mild age-toning, else intact and in new removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; (10), 180 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87495
- Title
- The Animal Family
- Author
- JARRELL, Randall (text); SENDAK, Maurice (illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394910435
- ISBN 13
- 9780394910437
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0394910435
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Good+
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Fine
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