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Juanita
by Politi, Leo
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- Signed
- first
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First edition. 4to, unpaginated. Full page and vignette color illustrations and folk songs throughout. Signed and inscribed to the former owner with an original watercolor by Politi on the ffep and dated in 1948. Publisher's two tone cloth boards stamped in red in illustrated jacket. Some toning and edge wear to boards. Jacket rubbed along folds and chipped at spine ends and corners. Very good.
First edition of this 1949 Caldecott Honor-winning book from Politi, with a beautiful inscription and original art.
First edition of this 1949 Caldecott Honor-winning book from Politi, with a beautiful inscription and original art.
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- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5767
- Title
- Juanita
- Author
- Politi, Leo
- Format/Binding
- 4to, unpaginated. Full page and vignette color illustrations and folk songs throughout. Signed and inscribed to the former owner
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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