Adam of the Road [First-State Dust Jacket]
by Gray, Elizabeth Janet
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/VG+
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1942. Book. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Teal green cloth, lettered and with front cover illus. in dark green. Former owner's book plate mounted on blank verso of front flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket VG+ with rubbing and minor chipping to spine extremities, spine panel a bit tanned, notably scarce first issue with no Newbery Award medal present, now in mylar. 303 pp., illus. 1st ed.: Apr. 1942..
Synopsis
Adam of the Road is a novel by Elizabeth Janet Gray that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1943. Set in thirteenth-century England, the book follows the adventures of a young boy, Adam. After losing his spaniel and minstrel father, Adam embarks on a series of escapades throughout medieval England. Readers are given an accurate portrayal of medieval culture and society. The book is illustrated by Robert Lawson.
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064597
- Title
- Adam of the Road [First-State Dust Jacket]
- Author
- Gray, Elizabeth Janet
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medieval & Renaissance Studies; Children's;
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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