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WAR AND PEAS
by Michael Foreman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[MICHAEL FOREMAN]. WAR AND PEAS. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original cherry red cloth boards with tangerine orange colored endpapers, titles in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front cover, faint two inch hairline scratch on front cover, previous owner's book label on ffep, pages are very clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unclipped with the original price of $5.95 on the first inner flap, a few creases, rubbing to extremities, faint hairline scratch on front cover. Overall in exceptionally near fine pristine book condition for a 45+ year old book. Illustrated by author Michael Foreman. Rare modern first children's book collectible. Unpaginated. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-670
- Title
- WAR AND PEAS
- Author
- Michael Foreman
- Illustrator
- Michael Foreman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Michael Foreman, children's book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and YA (Young Adult);
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Astro Trader Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
Biblio member since 2020
Los Angeles , California
About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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