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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation
by Streeter, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Book. Illus. by Dorothea Warren Fox, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Dorothea Warren Fox, Illustrator. Collectible quality First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean sky blue cloth boards with black cloth spine, red lettering, blue decoration on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 248 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), no tears, slightest hint of edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Things don't always go the they way you expect them to when you take a family vacation! This story is even funnier than the author's previous "Father of the Bride." Made into a rollicking movie (1962) starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, and Fabian..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027540
- Title
- Mr. Hobbs' Vacation
- Author
- Streeter, Edward
- Illustrator
- Dorothea Warren Fox, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- FICTION, FIRST EDITION, EDWARD STREETER, DOROTHEA WARREN FOX, HUMOR, FAMILY VACATION BOOKS INTO FILM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Books into Film;
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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