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Sarah, Plain and Tall
by MacLachlan, Patricia
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0060241012
- ISBN 13
- 9780060241018
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. First edition. 8vo, 58pp. Inscribed by MacLachlan to the former owner on the ffep. Green paper boards backed in oatmeal cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated jacket by Marcia Sewall. Few marginal smudges, gift inscription from Grandma below MacLachlan's inscription on the ffep else nearly fine in beautiful jacket with minimal spine fading as is often seen in this title, and just a bit of toning along upper edge of rear panel.
Very sharp signed first printing of this Newbery-winning title from MacLachlan, which is still widely read in schools.
Very sharp signed first printing of this Newbery-winning title from MacLachlan, which is still widely read in schools.
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- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6442
- Title
- Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Author
- MacLachlan, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 58pp. Inscribed by MacLachlan to the former owner on the ffep. Green paper boards backed in oatmeal cloth, spine stamped in
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060241012
- ISBN 13
- 9780060241018
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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- Inscribed
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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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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