The Black Stallion Mystery
by Walter Farley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Mal Singer. First edition, stated first printing of this later Black Stallion title. Tight binding, light blue boards show some white spots but doesn't seem a condition issue, may have been that way all along. Short inscription on FFEP dates to 1957 (year of publication). Unclipped jacket (200/200) in very good condition, with one major chip (1/2") missing from bottom edge of spine. Some other minor wear to top edge, but overall in lovely, displayable condition.
Synopsis
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1957. 6.0. 008-012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003001
- Title
- The Black Stallion Mystery
- Author
- Walter Farley
- Illustrator
- Mal Singer
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics;
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About the Seller
Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
Biblio member since 2019
Evanston, Illinois
About Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.