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TWO GIRLS AND A KITE or Adventures Around the Kite Shaped Track
by Parker, Edith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0914167014
- ISBN 13
- 9780914167013
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Redlands, California: Moore Historical Foundation, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Annotated by Larry Burgess, Ph.D. Dust jacket art by Leo Politi, with a frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations by Ethel Burt, and a facsimile pamphlet (housed in the rear pocket). A young lady's account of a two week journey through Southern California on the Santa Fe Railway's Kite-Shaped Track in May 1899. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Very slight rippling of the dust jacket from the original shrink wrap; otherwise a pristine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59062
- Title
- TWO GIRLS AND A KITE or Adventures Around the Kite Shaped Track
- Author
- Parker, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0914167014
- ISBN 13
- 9780914167013
- Publisher
- Moore Historical Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Redlands, California
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- California
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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