Thirty-fifth printing, hardcover, has very slight lean to binding, light bowing to boards, very slight bumps to spine ends and board corners, small stain about halfway up outer edge of about 30 pages, and a small light stain to upper corner of rear board, otherwise a bright, solid VG copy in Near VG dust jacket which has bumps with short creased tears to spine ends and corners, light edgewear with some short closed tears, and some soiling to rear panel.
No writing. Clean pages. Tight binding. Gold leatherette boards with black quarterbinding, gilt lettering. 1963 Newberry Award. 216 pp. Smoke-free environment. Careful packing and prompt shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed. 215
Ariel Books (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); New York, 1962. Eleventh Printing 1965. Hardcover. Newbery Award Winner. Book sold as is. An Acceptable, blue binding with yellow lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, top text block edge stained green, deckle fore-edge, sunning along board and spine edges, bit of crimping to spine edges, some age toning to pages, chip top of a couple of prelims, pages from dedication page to page 16 are detached and laid in, spine buckram separating from backing material, some scattered foxing to text block edges, in an Acceptable, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some sunning to spine and verso, few small tears along edges, pen writing to rear panel (see additional picture in this listing), Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 211pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Size: 0x0x0; Ariel Books (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); New York, 1962. Eleventh Printing 1965. Hardcover. Newbery Award Winner. Book sold as is. An Acceptable, blue binding with yellow lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, top text block edge stained green, deckle fore-edge, sunning along board and spine edges, bit of crimping to spine edges, some age toning to pages, chip top of a couple of prelims, pages from dedication page to page 16 are detached and laid in, spine buckram separating from backing material, some scattered foxing to text block edges, in an Acceptable, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some sunning to spine and verso, few small tears along edges, pen writing to rear panel (see additional picture in this listing), Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 211pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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binder's copy: A copy of a book that requires rebinding. The covers may be detached or absent, but the text should still be complete, unless otherwise noted.