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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
by Dahl, Roald; Burkert, Nancy Ekholm [Illustrator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394812824
- ISBN 13
- 9780394812823
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, [c. 1972]. First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 119 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price is uncut: '$3.95.' Orange spine with white and black lettering. Light age toning to dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to head and tail of spine and minor tears along top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Bound in full orange/peach cloth. Top edge dyed orange/peach. Slight separation along gutter of front pastedown and first endpaper. Inscription of previous owner with date of 1974 on front endpage. White, black, and peach colored illustrations throughout textblock. Shelved case 2. First Edition, Later Printing with ISBN and mention of 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.' Date presumed from publication date of Glass Elevator. 1368614. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1368614
- Title
- JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
- Author
- Dahl, Roald; Burkert, Nancy Ekholm [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394812824
- ISBN 13
- 9780394812823
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- [c. 1972]
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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