The Monster Den or Look What Happened at My House and to It
by Ciardi, John and illustrated by Edward Gorey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott (1966). First edition, Toledano B30a; small 4to.; cloth backed glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in boards that are lightly foxed and a clipped dust jacket that is foxed and sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- WellRead Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39111
- Title
- The Monster Den or Look What Happened at My House and to It
- Author
- Ciardi, John and illustrated by Edward Gorey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: Lippincott (1966)
- Keywords
- Gorey, Children, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gorey;
Terms of Sale
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New York State orders must include appropriate sales tax. Books are returnable within ten days
About the Seller
WellRead Books
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Northport, New York
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...