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The Gift of the Sacred Dog
by Paul Goble
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Scarsdale, New York: Bradbury Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing (with full number line). Light olive-green cloth boards with white lettering on spine, pictorially stamped in blind on front cover. Previous owner's blind stamp on ffep, else fine. Dust jacket shows very light rubbing to rear panel; not price clipped; in clear archival sleeve. [32] pages. 10 x 7.8 inches. Paul Goble (1933-2017) was a Caldecott Medal-winning British-American writer and illustrator of children's books, known for his telling of Native American stories and greatly influenced by Plains Indian culture. In 1977, he moved to the Black Hills in South Dakota, was adopted by Chief Edgar Red Cloud, and spent time with the Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation, learning their stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013295
- Title
- The Gift of the Sacred Dog
- Author
- Paul Goble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury Press
- Place of Publication
- Scarsdale, New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's, illustrated, picture book,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2013
Portland, Oregon
About Boyd Used & Rare Books
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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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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