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Hattie the Backstage Bat
by Don Freeman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Don Freeman. An impressive copy of the 1970 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light soiling to the panels) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.50), VG+ dustjcket, with light wear along the spine ends and very light chipping --with several tiny closed tears-- at the panel edges. Oblong quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by the maestro Don Freeman himself.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19731
- Title
- Hattie the Backstage Bat
- Author
- Don Freeman
- Illustrator
- Don Freeman
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- rare children's books, rare Don Freeman, children's author Don Freeman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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