The Birds' Christmas Carol
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1916. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Originally written in 1886, this is a 1916 printing. Lovely 19th-century pen-and-ink frontispiece & 8 illustrations throughout text. In 69 pages, this small hardcover has blue-gray cloth-covered boards with black decoration & lettering to front & spine. Former owner's name in pen on both front endpapers, else unmarked. NO DJ. Condition is solidly Good: generally very clean, with the occasional spot or smudge. Stitched binding firm. Pages show age-appropriate modest tanning, still supple. Rubbing to extremities, heavier at corners.Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays, Pacific time; later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019065
- Title
- The Birds' Christmas Carol
- Author
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston/New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- CHRISTMAS VINTAGE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN VICTORIAN NINETEENTH CENTURY FICTION REBECCA SUNNYBROOK FARM AUTHOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets; Holiday-Halloween/Christmas/Hanukkah/Other;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.