Egg Tree
by Milhous, Katherine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
-
Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Early printing of the original -- Charles Scribner's Sons -- 1950 -- signed by Caldecott Medalist, Katherine Milhous on title page. Original issue -- Not the Junior Literary Guild book club reprint. Decorative cloth with small gutter split between front end papers + nickel-sized abrasion on edges of two inside facing pages, else unmarked. Priced ($2.00) jacket in exceptionally fine condition. No Caldecott Medal with seal on front. (Buyer Note: First Edition identified by "A" on copyright page + $2.00 flap price AND NO mention of Junior Literary Guild.)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Smarty Pants
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95856
- Title
- Egg Tree
- Author
- Milhous, Katherine
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Smarty Pants
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About the Seller
Smarty Pants
Biblio member since 2006
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
About Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants specializes in collectible, vintage (mid-20th century) children's picture books and books about art.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Copyright page
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- Title Page
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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