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Father Bear Comes Home, An I Can Read Book
by MINARIK, Else Holmelund
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. Boards. Fine/very good. Maurice SENDAK. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Maurice SENDAK, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 62pp; blue illustrated boards with a pictorial of a bear fishing on the front, black cloth shelf back; color pictorial title page; illustrated throughout; interior bright and binding tight and appears unread; color pictorial dust jacket, bottom corner front flap clipped but price of $1.95 at top of flap, chipping to top edge, age-toning of paper; fine in very good dj. The story of a bear family with engaging illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709
- Title
- Father Bear Comes Home, An I Can Read Book
- Author
- MINARIK, Else Holmelund
- Illustrator
- Maurice SENDAK
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Children's book, Children, Illustrated, Animals
Terms of Sale
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Items are returnable for any reason for a full refund. Please inform us within three days of receipt and provide the reason for the return.
About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
Thomaston, Maine
About Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
We sell antiquarian, collectible, out-of-print, and rare, books, maps, prints and interesting ephemera by internet and show.
Glossary
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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