Gnomes
by Nuygen, Wil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977 Beautiful brown hardcover, resembling leather, with gilt printing on the spine and a large gilt gnome on the front cover with the gilt bright and shiny. A tiny bit of shelfwear on the corners and spine heel, else fine. Autographed by the author on the Introduction and by both the author and the illustrator on the title page. The front and back endplates features identical color illustrations of a gnome feeding a bird and has a bookplate on the front cover with the former owner's name. The half title page has a gift inscription to the former owner and the date. Unpaginated with beautiful color illustrations throughout the text. The front flyleaf has a price in light pencil. The binding is so good and tight it appears to be unread. A fine collector's edition from a non-smoking household. We ship daily.. Signed by Author/Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine+/No Jacket. Illus. by Poortvliet, Rien. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Lots of Love Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011088
- Title
- Gnomes
- Author
- Nuygen, Wil
- Illustrator
- Poortvliet, Rien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Gnomes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Magic; Science Fiction/Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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- Shelfwear
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- Folio
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Half Title
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