THE LEGEND OF NEW AMSTERDAM
by Spier, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0385131798
- ISBN 13
- 9780385131797
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1979. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine /Very Good Plus. Peter Spier. Wide octavo, 8.3 in. x 10.5 in. Unpaginated. Pictorial wrap-around boards with matching dustjacket. Decorated endpapers,the rear one of which being a map. Very light rubbing to extremities. Caldecott-award winner Peter Spier takes us on a watercolor adventure to New Amsterdam (today's New York) in the 17th Century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87351
- Title
- THE LEGEND OF NEW AMSTERDAM
- Author
- Spier, Peter
- Illustrator
- Peter Spier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine /Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385131798
- ISBN 13
- 9780385131797
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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