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The Stray
by Wyeth, Betsy James; Wyeth, Jamie (Illustrations)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374372802
- ISBN 13
- 9780374372804
- Seller
-
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux [0-374-37280-2] 1979, 1st edition. (hardcover) 158 +. Very good in good dust jacket. 8vo. First edition. Red-orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Boards are crisp and sharp; there is some light staining to top board. Jacket shows moderate wear, tears and a spot of tape or sticker residue. Internally clean and crisp. The wife of Andrew Wyeth, this is her fiction debut, beautifully illustrated with pen and ink drawings by their son and artistic heir of the Brandywine School tradition. Very good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130064
- Title
- The Stray
- Author
- Wyeth, Betsy James; Wyeth, Jamie (Illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374372802
- ISBN 13
- 9780374372804
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Animal Stories, Brandy Wine School, Juvenile Literature
Terms of Sale
Spafford Books
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
50 + years buying and selling. Large stock dealing with western Canada, fur trade, Indigenous Peoples, general antiquarian. Open by appointment or chance! Call 1-306-525-4910.
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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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