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Self-Portrait: Margot Zemach
by ZEMACH, Margot
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Margot Zemach. Square 4to. Pp. 32. Illustrated throughout in color. End note on the illustrations. Review copy with an Addison-Wesley-issued review slip asking the critic to embargo their review until the publication date in Oct. 1978. Bound in brown cloth with author's signature blindstamped on front, gilt lettering on spine, light blue endpapers. Top edge very light foxing, else crisp and clean. Dust jacket single closed tear. Caldecott-winning artist's illustrated memoir, designed for children but with universal appeal. Dust jacket is now protected in a clear, removable, archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3590
- Title
- Self-Portrait: Margot Zemach
- Author
- ZEMACH, Margot
- Illustrator
- Margot Zemach
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1978
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- 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...
- 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...
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