ABIYOYO by SEEGER, PETE
- Bookseller: GENE "THE BOOK PEDDLER"
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001978
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: MICHAEL HAYS
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0590427202
- ISBN 13: 9780590427203
- Publisher: SCHOLASTIC BOOK SERVICERS
- Place: NEW YORK
- Date published: 1989
- Size: 7.75 x 9.25 x 0.25 inches
- Weight: 0.2 pounds
Description
NEW YORK: SCHOLASTIC BOOK SERVICERS, 1989. REGULAR LIBRARY ATTACHMENTS AND MARKINGS. BOOK IS TIGHT WITH NO OTHER MARKINGS. SOME BUMPING WITH CURLING ALONG WITH WEAR AT THE CORNERS. ALL EDGES AND SPINE SHOW RUBBING AND SLIGHT WEAR. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by MICHAEL HAYS. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
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.
bumping : 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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's 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.
Book summary
A boy and his magician father are banished, but when the hungry monster Abiyoyo appears, it is the boy's ukulele playing and the father's magic that save the day.
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