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The Magic Plum Tree
by Littledale, Freya; Arno, Enrico (Illustrator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517541661
- ISBN 13
- 9780517541661
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Arno, Enrico. A classic Buddhist fable from the ancient Jataka Tales is brought to new life here for beginning readers, illustrated throughout "with opulence & grace" by Enrico Arno. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1981, this hardcover 8vo has a maroon cloth-wrapped spine lettered in gilt with gold-colored paper covering the remaining boards. Condition is Fine in an equally Fine, unclipped DJ: just a tad less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages white, soft watercolor drawings pristine. DJ is sharp & colorful, nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021514
- Title
- The Magic Plum Tree
- Author
- Littledale, Freya; Arno, Enrico (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Arno, Enrico
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517541661
- ISBN 13
- 9780517541661
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- CHILDREN FABLES FAIRY TALES FICTION BUDDHISM BUDDHIST ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
All books shipped promptly that day or next; tracking # provided on all orders. Refunds issued gladly in accordance with Biblio policies.
About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- A.N.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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