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The Best Birthday
by Hawkins, Quail
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Manlius, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover Book in Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition with Book Club Edition on front dust jacket flap. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's name in ink on front free page and bookplate on half title page o/w contents clean and bright. Jacket shows rubbing and edge wear and is now enclosed in a removable mylar protective sleeve. Author's second book. Scarce and collectible.
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Details
- Seller
- Limestone Village Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1533
- Title
- The Best Birthday
- Author
- Hawkins, Quail
- Illustrator
- Sotomayor, Antonio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Book in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubeday and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 64
- Size
- 23 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Juvenile Literature; Holidays; Christmas; Birthdays; Babies; Family; Adventure; Running Away From Home; San Francisco;
Terms of Sale
Limestone Village Books
Returns accepted for 15 days after receipt of book if book does not meet condition as stated in the description.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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