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The Borrowers Afloat
by Norton, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/VG-/G+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
San Diego/New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-/G+. Krush, Beth; Krush, Joe. Third & final book in this classic children's series, with the original illustrations by Beth & Joe Krush throughout the text & on the front DJ cover. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1959, this hardcover book has light aqua cloth-covered boards with design in black to front/lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with light tanning to outer edges. Only flaw is dark mark from old sticker on ffep & slight rubbing to extremities/bumped corners. The DJ (clipped at both corners of front flap) is VG-/G+, with minor edgewear all around & a few short tears, chipping at both ends of spine, rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. “As irresistible as its predecessors.”-- Booklist
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018739
- Title
- The Borrowers Afloat
- Author
- Norton, Mary
- Illustrator
- Krush, Beth; Krush, Joe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-/G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- San Diego/New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- CHILDREN SERIES FANTASY LITTLE PEOPLE IMAGINATION FICTION ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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...
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