Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Riggs, Ransom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594744769
- ISBN 13
- 9781594744761
- Seller
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dallas, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Quirk, 2011. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. True first printing with 1-10 number line. Tiny evidence of rubbing at extremities of boards. First state jacket. Quite a nice, tight copy.
Synopsis
Ransom Riggs grew up in Florida but now makes his home in the land of peculiar children—Los Angeles. Along the way he earned degrees from Kenyon College and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television, got married, and made some award-winning short films. He moonlights as a blogger and travel writer, and his series of travel essays, Strange Geographies , can be found at mentalfloss.com or via ransomriggs.com. This is his first novel.
Reviews
On Sep 23 2017, a reader said:
Excellent and imaginative story!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Craig Hokenson Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39433
- Title
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Author
- Riggs, Ransom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1594744769
- ISBN 13
- 9781594744761
- Publisher
- Quirk
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 2011
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRST EDITIONS; Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Craig Hokenson Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
dallas, Texas
About Craig Hokenson Bookseller
I am internet based, and participate in several book shows a year. Visitors welcome by appointment. I specialize in modern first editions, but offer a wide range of books. I have been buying and selling books for 20 years. I buy books, and will certainly consider trades. Member of the Texas Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...