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The Christmas Birthday Story
by Laurence, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- very good
- ISBN 10
- 0771047177
- ISBN 13
- 9780771047176
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980. Hardcover. very good. 1st Canadian Edition. unpaginated. Oblong octavo. Teal cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine (top and bottom very slightly faded, with light bumping to ends of spine). Teal paper covered boards with stamped bird decoration. Beautiful and richly coloured illustrations throughout. Clean, tight text block. In illustrated dust jacket not price clipped. Dust jacket lightly worn, especially at edges, with very mild chipping and small closed tears (and a small amount of professional restoration done). A lovely copy. very good Signed in blue ink on the title page by both the author and the illustrator. Retelling of the traditional christmas story by one of Canadas most famous writers, supported by illustrations by the famous Toronto artist. 1980
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131839
- Title
- The Christmas Birthday Story
- Author
- Laurence, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0771047177
- ISBN 13
- 9780771047176
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Can Lit|Canadian Literature|Candian Literature|Children's Books|Christmas|Illustrated Books|Kids Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- 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...
- Title Page
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
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