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THE SMALL RAIN
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374266379
- ISBN 13
- 9780374266370
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. First FSG edition, first prnt. Originally published by Vanguad in 1945. Inscribed by L'Engle on the title page. "for Allyson The very first - Madeleine L'Engle." Cloth spine ends with slightest rubbing; dustjacket flaps with beginning toning. A tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. L'Engle's first novel and one of two of her Katherine Forrester novels... Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61322
- Title
- THE SMALL RAIN
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374266379
- ISBN 13
- 9780374266370
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Katherine Forrester
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About the Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Fernandina Beach, Florida
About Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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- Inscribed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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