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Prelude
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vanguard Press, 1968. First edition full pink cloth hard cover with dust jacket, NF/VG. Crisp, tight, square and unmarked copy. Dust jacket retains original price of $3.95 on front flap. Jacket is lightly rubbed at extremes, and has a small sticker scuff to lower spine panel. Offered in new mylar cover. 189pp. An adaptation of L'Engle's first book, "The Small Rain," one of the Katherine Forrester series of semi-autobiographical novels. Fifteen-year-old Katherine Forrester is an imaginative and intensely creative young American girl who longs to become a concert pianist, as was her mother.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24433
- Title
- Prelude
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Terms of Sale
Turn-The-Page Books
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
Biblio member since 2004
Skyway, Washington
About Turn-The-Page Books
Customer service is our top priority! Susan is an ALA member librarian and lifelong book collector and enthusiast. Peter has happily spent over 30 years in the used book business. Books are well packaged to prevent damage in transit.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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