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Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog?
by Sendak, Maurice; Margollis, Matthew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/VG-
- ISBN 10
- 0374371342
- ISBN 13
- 9780374371340
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/VG-. Sendak, Maurice. Charming children's picture book about the trials & tribulations of owning a new puppy, & what the boy & girl owners need to do to get it trained properly. Both written & illustrated by Maurice Sendak, in the style of "Where the Wild Things Are." A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1976, this hardcover octavo has brown cloth over boards lettered in gilt to spine. An Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings & free front endpaper excised (likely where old card pocket was glued), condition is nonetheless Good: quite clean, text block secure but pages a bit loosened due to loss of front hinge. Pages white & unmarked, colors bright. The unclipped DJ is VG- (minus), having been protected under old library mylar, which has been removed (some paper residue from backing still glued to insides of both covers) & replaced with new. Modest rubbing & slight chipping to all corners & both ends of spine, old library paper call number sticker to spine. modestly tanned but completely unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities, lightly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023638
- Title
- Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog?
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice; Margollis, Matthew
- Illustrator
- Sendak, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374371342
- ISBN 13
- 9780374371340
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- dogs pets children male female boys girls illustrated illustrators piicture books puppy training fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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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