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Gordon the Goat (Inscribed by Munro Leaf, with 2 Accompanying Drawings)
by Munro Leaf
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1944. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Munro Leaf. NICELY INSCRIBED BY MUNRO LEAF, WITH 2 DRAWINGS (ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRL "IRENE", NEXT TO HER NAME; THE OTHER OF A MOON-FACED LEAF HIMSELF, NEXT TO HIS NAME) on the front free endpaper. A clean, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1944 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (light indentation to the rear panel) in a crisp, price-intact ($1.00), VG+ dustjacket, with several very small closed tears and just a touch of light creasing and chipping along the panel edges and at the spine ends. Octavo, another triumph by the legendary illustrator of "The Story of Ferdinand"
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Best kids book ever.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17629
- Title
- Gordon the Goat (Inscribed by Munro Leaf, with 2 Accompanying Drawings)
- Author
- Munro Leaf
- Illustrator
- Munro Leaf
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- rare children's books, rare Munro Leaf
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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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....
- Crisp
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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