The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales
by Gardner, John & Michael Sporn (Illust. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394833198
- ISBN 13
- 9780394833194
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394833198 . B&W Drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 58 pages; SIGNED] 1977 Alfred A. Knopf. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $4.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Inscribed and signed by Gardner on the half-title page. 1st printing with complete 1-10 printing line on copyright leaf. Somewhat unconventional binding with pages gatered in 3 sewn signatures and no endleaves. Mild sunning to whites of lettering to jacket spine and just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket edges. NF/VG+; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43785
- Title
- The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales
- Author
- Gardner, John & Michael Sporn (Illust. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394833198
- ISBN 13
- 9780394833194
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0394833198
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children''s Books;
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Fine
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