Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. This popular tale by Kate Douglas Wiggin was part of a 682d thousand printing and comes with the rare original dust jacket. The book is in Very Good + condition. The handsome illustrated covers are bound in green cloth, with line drawing, designs, and lettering in black. (Click on photo.) The covers are clean, having been protected for 90 years by the dust jacket. The binding is tight and secure, and the pages are clean and bright, with a frontis illustration and numerous other illustrations throughout. The original owner's signature is on the front endpaper and on the front dust jacket flap. The endpapers show some toning caused by acidity in the dust jacket flaps. The unclipped dust jacket was printed on a highly acidic paper and thus shows browning and fragility. There are some some missing pieces in the spine area, as well as chipping on the top front panel, plus several tears. The dust jacket has some tape repairs on the reverse. I have placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 5 9/16 by 7 7/8 inches and includes 69 pages, plus a page of ads with other Wiggin titles.. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Grimalkin Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000683
Title: The Birds' Christmas Carol
Author: Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: Fair
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1916
Keywords: Children's Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Children's Literature, Fairy Tales and Mythology;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Grimalkin Books

Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Brodart: Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...