Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Reilly & Lee, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark grey cloth, b/w illustrations, illustrated endsheets, $1.50 on the DJ flap, the rear flap lists to The Silver Princess in Oz (1938). binding tight and square, modest shelf wear, small p.o. name in ink on the ffep, 'This book belongs to' is blank. The dustjacket has clear tape verso repairing closed tears, light rubbing at the corners, shallow chipping at the spine ends.
Synopsis
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz is the twenty-third of the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and continued by other writers; it is the ninth Oz book written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 280722
- Title
- Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
- Author
- Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dunaway Books
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.