Maybelle the Cable Car
by Burton, Virginia Lee
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
First Printing -- Review copy with review slip laid in. 1952 dated title page. Decorative green cloth with pictorial end papers. Bright and unmarked in clipped jacket with two small chips + quarter-sized chip at head of spine. Nice! (Note: First Edition flap price is $2.75)
Synopsis
By recounting actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Smarty Pants (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88402
- Title
- Maybelle the Cable Car
- Author
- Burton, Virginia Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Smarty Pants
Biblio member since 2006
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
About Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants specializes in collectible, vintage (mid-20th century) children's picture books and books about art.
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