Ada and the Wild Duck
by Edith Brecht
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
$75.00$56.25
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Vikiing Press, 1964. Book. Illus. by Charlotte Erickson. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with black lettering to spine and black wild duck drawing to front. SIGNED by Edith Brecht. SCARCE as such. No other such found as of June 2022.This copy is VG in a VG, clipped pictorial DJ. Exterior has modest wear around the bottom edges , but cover is rich , lettering / drawing is bright. Inside otherwise unmarked, crisp and tight. DJ is tape supported on the verso bottom front and top spine. Modest wear around the edges..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002484
- Title
- Ada and the Wild Duck
- Author
- Edith Brecht
- Illustrator
- Charlotte Erickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Vikiing Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...