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The Door in the Wall
by De Angeli, Marguerite
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Junior Books/Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. De Angeli, Marguerite. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1949 of this beloved tale of the crippled boy, Robin, set in 14th-century England. Winner of the 1950 Newberry award, it has 112 pages with the author's stunning duotone lithographs throughout & on endpapers. With soft blue cloth-covered boards pictorially stamped in silver to front & titled in same to spine, this hardcover 8vo is in VG+ condition: exceptionally clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked save for old gift inscription in pencil dated 1950 to half title page, which we have left intact. Colors on plates are bright, margins flawless. Minor rubbing to extremities, pushing to spine tips, bumped corners. No DJ (missing). (We are also offering a newer reprint of this book with a DJ; please see out listing #21763). Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
The Door in the Wall is a 1949 novel by Marguerite de Angeli that received the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1950.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022207
- Title
- The Door in the Wall
- Author
- De Angeli, Marguerite
- Illustrator
- De Angeli, Marguerite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Junior Books/Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- MIDDLE AGES MEDIEVAL BOYS CRIPPLE DISABLED DISABILITIES LAME CHILDREN NEWBERRY ILLUSTRATED PICTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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