RAMONA AND HER MOTHER
by Cleary, Beverly (novel); Tiegreen, Alan (illustrations)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; tan endpapers; dustjacket; [10],11-208pp; illus. Spine ends gently nudged, with a handful of faint, tiny stains to covers; contents fresh and unmarked; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.75), spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a handful of tiny nicks to extremities; Very Good+. Fifth book in Cleary's popular Ramona Quimby series, winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 1981. A surprisingly elusive title in the first printing.
Synopsis
Ramona and Her Mother is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series. The book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1979. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5808
- Title
- RAMONA AND HER MOTHER
- Author
- Cleary, Beverly (novel); Tiegreen, Alan (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- 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...
- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...