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The Gremlins
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Disney, Walt (Studios). Fair copy of this first children's book from Flight Lieutenant, Roald Dahl. Original jacket complete, though torn 2/3 of the way up the front panel, from spine through the "G" in Gremlins. Wear to edges, and a small chip from the bottom edge of front panel. The Jacket has also been price clipped. The book is fair with front hinge separated at ffep, scuffing to edges of boards and tanning to pages. Overall a serviceable copy of a scarce book in jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115
- Title
- The Gremlins
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Illustrator
- Disney, Walt (Studios)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
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Peruse the Stacks
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
About Peruse the Stacks
Independent bookseller out of Gig Harbor, WA offering all manner of signed, first edition, and collectible books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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