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Crow Boy **Signed by Author**
by Taro Yashima (Atsushi Iwamatsu)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1955. Book. Illus. by Taro Yashima (Atsushi Iwamatsu). Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Viking,New York, 1955. Hardback. First Edition/Fifth Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed and stamped by the author on the half-title page. The book has a straight, tight spine with perfect boards. No wear on edges with crisply pointed tips. No internal markings or tears. The dust jacket is 99% complete, price clipped, with tiny losses/tears at spine heel/head and edges. Tiny losses at front tip and back tip and back edge up about half way to the top. Now encase in sparkling new mylar archival jacket. Looks spectacular! This title was an honorable mention for the 1956 Caldecott Medal..
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000354
- Title
- Crow Boy **Signed by Author**
- Author
- Taro Yashima (Atsushi Iwamatsu)
- Illustrator
- Taro Yashima (Atsushi Iwamatsu)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's Books Illustrated
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Winding Road Books
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Templeton, California
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- 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....
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