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THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
by Elizabeth George Speare
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1958. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair in a Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Rubbing, few small open tears along panel edges. .
Synopsis
The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a children's historical novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, published in 1958. The story takes place in late 17th-century New England. It won the Newbery Medal in 1959.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 187861
- Title
- THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
- Author
- Elizabeth George Speare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; Early Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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