Mei Li (with Signed Etching)
by Handforth, Thomas; [Caldecott Award Winners]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946.
Early Printing. WITH ETCHING SIGNED BY HANDFORTH IN PENCIL (TIPPED IN).
Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on half title; ETCHING SIGNED BY HANDFORTH IN PENCIL TIPPED IN ON FRONT ENDPAPER along with a newspaper clipping about Handforth; more newspaper clippings about Handforth opposite of title page; title page a bit browned; slight wear; Dust Jacket is very worn with large chips and tears. Price not clipped ($2.00).
Caldecott Medal Award Winner. Very scarce with signed etching.
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Early Printing. WITH ETCHING SIGNED BY HANDFORTH IN PENCIL (TIPPED IN).
Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on half title; ETCHING SIGNED BY HANDFORTH IN PENCIL TIPPED IN ON FRONT ENDPAPER along with a newspaper clipping about Handforth; more newspaper clippings about Handforth opposite of title page; title page a bit browned; slight wear; Dust Jacket is very worn with large chips and tears. Price not clipped ($2.00).
Caldecott Medal Award Winner. Very scarce with signed etching.
SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.
Synopsis
Mei Li is a book by Thomas Handforth. Released by Doubleday, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1939.
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Details
- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13810
- Title
- Mei Li (with Signed Etching)
- Author
- Handforth, Thomas; [Caldecott Award Winners]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER,MEDAL
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tipped In
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.