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The Christmas Ghost
by Buck, Pearl S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 038199919X
- ISBN 13
- 9780381999193
- Seller
-
Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Day Company, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Magagna, Anna Marie. First edition. Includes original jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper, endpapers lightly foed and toned, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped, a couple closed jacket tears and a 1/2 inch abrasion along top edge, small tape repair and 1/4 inch chip along rear jacket edges. 1960 Hard Cover. [42 pp.] Pictorial boards, not the less desirable blue cloth library binding. Illustrations by Anna Marie Magagna. A Christmas story for young readers by the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Good Earth and other novels. Buck was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2338641
- Title
- The Christmas Ghost
- Author
- Buck, Pearl S
- Illustrator
- Magagna, Anna Marie
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 038199919X
- ISBN 13
- 9780381999193
- Publisher
- John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 10x8x0
- Keywords
- CHILDREN JUVENILE HOLIDAY FICTION CHRISTMAS PEARL S BUCK
- X weight
- 13 oz
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
Biblio member since 2005
Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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