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MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
by O'Brien, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1971. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of the Newbery Award Winner that mixes science fiction with fantasy, in which lab rats gain incredible abilities. A wonderful tale featuring mom as the heroine: widowed mouse Mrs. Frisby goes to great lengths to save her children in an adventure that uncovers her resilience and grit. Made into the animated film THE SECRET OF NIMH that lives vividly in the minds of late Gen Xers and early Millennials. A lovely copy. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original tan cloth, purple-stamped vignette on front board, purple-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket. Maroon endpapers, including triple fly leaves at front. Illustrated by Zena Bernstein in black-and-white throughout. [6], 233, [1] pages. Jacket with one short closed tear to front panel, some light spotting, and typical darkening around the edges. Book sturdy and crisp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39380
- Title
- MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
- Author
- O'Brien, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Newbery,20th century,American,Chapter Book,Fantasy,Science Fiction
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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