The Tenement Tree
by Seredy, Kate
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1959 The Tenement Tree, written and illustrated by Kate Seredy and published by The Viking Press. States Published in 1959 on copyright page. Seredy was an outstanding illustrator and writer of children's books, born in Hungary and emigrated to the U.S. after the first World War. Her life and her works show clearly her love of nature and strong antiwar beliefs. This book, in particular, presents what seems akin to a 21st Century ecological worldview. Very Good+ in a Very Good unclipped Jacket showing the original $3.00 price. The Jacket is chipped at corners and top and tail but is essentially complete. The boards remain fresh and unblemished, green topstain is intact. No writing or ownership details. Something sticky befell page 61 and there is some slight damage to it as well as to the facing page when they were unstuck.Otherwise a very well preserved small quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparkle Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034553
- Title
- The Tenement Tree
- Author
- Seredy, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Juvenile Fiction Pictorial Nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Notable Illustrators;
Terms of Sale
Sparkle Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sparkle Books
Biblio member since 2008
Calgary , Alberta
About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
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- Quarto
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- Copyright page
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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