Borka: The Adventure of a Goose with No Feathers
by Burningham, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1963 Random House. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.6 x 10.75 inches, has glossy pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Color illustrations by the author. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, otherwise the book is in excellent condition. Pages clean, bright, and unmarked. Unpaginated (32 pages). Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with some rubbing at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is price clipped. "A Random House Book". Printed in the Netherlands. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
JOHN BURNINGHAM is one of the most prestigious and well-loved illustrators working in the children's book field today. Trained at the Central School of Art, his first picture book, Borka was published in 1963. He has won the Kate Greenaway Award twice for Borka and Mr Gumpy's Outing, and has enjoyed a distinguished career spanning over 45 years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9050
- Title
- Borka: The Adventure of a Goose with No Feathers
- Author
- Burningham, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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