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Two Girls and a Kite
by Edith Parker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Redlands, California: Moore Historial Foundation, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ethel Burt. Two Girls and a Kite or Adventures Around the Kite Shaped Track, FIRST EDITION stated, Edith Parker (1880-1981) famous account of railroad service in Souther California, cover jacket by Leo Politi and illustrated by Ethel Burt, Annotated by Larry Burgess, 61pafges including index, little booklet present in pocket on interior of rear board, Book is near Fine, ultra clean rust boards with bright gilt title to front board and spine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, spotless peach colored end papers, Book is 11 inches in height by 9.5 inches in width, Jacket is Very Good Plus, some light rubbing with a 3 inch narrow rub on bottom of front panel, original price intact, shows nicely is a new mylar sleeve. Very clean tight and square, beautiful illustrations. Very clean and most presentable First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002629
- Title
- Two Girls and a Kite
- Author
- Edith Parker
- Illustrator
- Ethel Burt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Moore Historial Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Redlands, California
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated Children's Books,
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Jacket
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
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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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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