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An Ear for Uncle Emil
by Gaggin, E. R.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Poor Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Junior Literary Guild / The Viking Press, 1939 238pp. Spine is slightly cocked. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine head is fraying. Inside boards have light foxing along the edges. Pages have light toning. Blue dye on top edge of text block has many washed out spots. Edges of text block have light dust staining. Text is unmarked. 1/4 of rear panel of jacket is missing, as well as the title portion of the spine panel. Tips of flap folds are missing. Corners of flaps are clipped. Spine panel is sunned. Front panel has a small light damp stain. Edges and flap folds are rubbed. Jacket has small tears at the lower edge of the front panel. May have other flaws. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Poor Jacket. Illus. by Seredy, Kate.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28655
- Title
- An Ear for Uncle Emil
- Author
- Gaggin, E. R.;
- Illustrator
- Seredy, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Junior Literary Guild / The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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