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YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE
by Ogden Nash, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1957. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good. 5 x 8 in. Orange cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering on black. B&W illus by Sendak. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers are discolored with lighter patches, probably by water. No edge wear, spine paler, binding tight. text unmarked and clean, endpapers have light foxing. Sides of text block also. DJ is GOOD ; not price-clipped ($3.75) minor edge wear, overall foxed with heaviest foxing to spine and rear. Poetry. Stax.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10345
- Title
- YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE
- Author
- Ogden Nash, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, as stated
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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