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Song of the Swallows
by Politi, Leo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Politi with watercolor additions, and dated Springtime 1954. Illustrated pale green cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Copyright notices from both the publisher and author on the title page. A small newspaper photo of Politi on the free endpaper. A gold Caldecott label to the front pastedown, with the owner name in pencil above. The dust jacket is intact, with chipping to the spine and rear panel, and tape reinforcement to the verso. Publisher's price of $2.00 on the front flap. As the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring. Awarded the 1950 Caldecott Medal. ; [32] pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Song of the Swallows is a book by Leo Politi. Published by Scribner, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1950.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24314
- Title
- Song of the Swallows
- Author
- Politi, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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