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The Stray
by Betsy James Wyeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374372802
- ISBN 13
- 9780374372804
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Jamie Wyeth. Signed by Illustrator. BETSY JAMES WYETH. The Stray, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. Tall octavo, first edition, pp. 158, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated by Jamie Wyeth, the author's son. The author was the wife of the great American painter Andrew Wyeth. Signed on the title page by Jamie in his distinctive chicken scratch. Condition of this book: Near fine with age-toning and a price-clipped dust jacket. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Jamie Wyeth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; United States; 1970s; Art & Design. Signed by Illustrator. ISBN: 0374372802. ISBN/EAN: 9780374372804. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55137. . 9780374372804
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55137
- Title
- The Stray
- Author
- Betsy James Wyeth
- Illustrator
- Jamie Wyeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374372802
- ISBN 13
- 9780374372804
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Children; United States; 1970s; Art & Design. Jamie Wyeth Signed by Illustrator Unbranded ISBN: 0374372802 EAN: 9780374372804 Betsy James Wyeth The Stray
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- New
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- Tight
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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