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Once Upon a Time
by Sloane, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hastings House, 1982. First Edition. First printing Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7 1/2". In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 64 pages of text with black and white illustrations throughout. This is Eric Sloane's second to last book and oddly enough one of the most difficult titles by him to locate. Produced in two binding states with two dust jackets, one in green and the other in yellow. No priority can be found for either state. This is the yellow jacketed variant.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB26730
- Title
- Once Upon a Time
- Author
- Sloane, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
Town's End Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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