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Homeless Bird.
by Gloria Whelan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0060235969
- ISBN 13
- 9780060235963
- Seller
-
Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Hardcover First Edition (2000); Sixth Printing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a publisher's bookplate at the lower front free endpaper. Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows indications of use: moderate wear to the lower corner tips and a touch of crimping to the heel of the backsrip; the binding shows considerable pine lean and is slightly cocked, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A well-loved copy, tightly bound, showing some structural flaws and some minor imperfections. The DJ shows mild rubbing and just a hint of wear to the extremities; the price is intact. National Book Award Winner sticker on front.panel. Not far from "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.3 x 5.3 x 0.95 inches). 216 pages. Language: English. Weight: 11.9 ounces. First Edition (2000); Sixth Printing. National Book Award Winner. Hardback with DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 53677
- Title
- Homeless Bird.
- Author
- Gloria Whelan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (2000); Sixth Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0060235969
- ISBN 13
- 9780060235963
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2000.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Young Adult Fiction; Juvenile; Chapter Books; Juvenile Fiction;
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- Remainder
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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