Happy Families by Barbara Willard
- Bookseller: A Frugal Family Book Store
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 31302
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Krystyna Turska
- Edition: First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0027930106
- ISBN 13: 9780027930108
- Publisher: MacMillan
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1974
- Pages: 256
Description
New York: MacMillan, 1974. ex library. The bottom and the top of the spine and the corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed (can hardly see it). Inside the book is both clean and tight. The dust jacket is in a mylar cover, it is not clipped or torn. 256 page. This anthology about families, with its empahasis on humor, shows an abiding affection for the ever-present strengths of family life underscoring all. The book captures the very essence of the family, where temper tantrums give way to heroism and bitter feuds to staunch loayalty and love.. First American Edition. Hard Cover/Cloth Spine. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Krystyna Turska. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Juvenile Fiction.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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