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Saint George and the Dragon, a Golden Legend Adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's FAERIE QUEENE
by Hodges, Margaret (Adaptor) and Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover; Later Printing. Dark red cloth & cream board binding rubbed at spine ends & corners; owner's name in ink on front paste-down, else a very crisp, signed book. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners; ink name on front flap, now protected in clear cover. ; Many lovely color illustrations; half-title page signed by illustrator. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13; 32 pages; Signed by Illustrator .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44906
- Title
- Saint George and the Dragon, a Golden Legend Adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's FAERIE QUEENE
- Author
- Hodges, Margaret (Adaptor) and Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Trina Schart Hyman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; Later Printing
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Classic Fairy Tales, Signed by Trina Schart Hyman, Collectible Kid's Books, Caldecott Award Winning Titles
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
Glossary
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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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