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Buddy at Red Gate or A Boy ono A Chicken Farm
by Garis, Howard R
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cupples & Leon Co, 1943. Hardcover. Fine/good -. [4], 209 p.: frontispiece; 19 cm. Red cloth with black spine and cover titles and front cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Color illustrated dust jacket. List of the first 17 titles in The Buddy Books series on verso of title page. This is the seventeenth title in the series. The front flap of the dust jacket lists volumes 1 through 19, which was published in 1943; the back section has an advertisement for war bonds and stamps. Gift inscription on front fixed endpaper from Christmas 1943. Ownership section on front free endpaper filled in for E. George Dobosh, Nesquehoning, Pa. Book is in Near Fine Condition: one page corner creased; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good- Condition: loss at ends of spine and corners; several closed tears at edges; tape residue from old repairs on two tears; color on front section is bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007643
- Title
- Buddy at Red Gate or A Boy ono A Chicken Farm
- Author
- Garis, Howard R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cupples & Leon Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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