London: Oxford University Press. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 274 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. The front free endpaper has been removed. Minor flaw in cloth of upper board. Light wear to the corners. Text block edges a bit dusty. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The dustwrapper has remains and a mark across the full width of the back side where a mylar protector was once glued to it. The edge have some wear and curling. It is not price clipped. .

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2442
Title: The First Summer Year
Author: Kellam Ian
Illustrator: Robin Jacques
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1972
Bookseller catalogs: Children's - Fantasy;

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Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.

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Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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