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The Tacky Little Icicle Shack by Koob, Theodora
- Bookseller: Pages Past Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: OURBOOKS003146
- Book condition: VG-
- Jacket condition: VG-
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: 1st
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: JB Lippincott
- Date published: 1966
Description
VG-/VG- Kurt Werth illus JB Lippincott Phila 1966 1st hardcover 8vo, 107 pages, b+w illustrations. Three children find an abandoned igloo hut and make it into an ice cream stand inventing their own ice cream concoction. Tape remains on front endpaper. Light foxing inside rear cover. Solid clean copy with bright dj in protective cover.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
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