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KING BIDGOOD'S IN THE BATHTUB
by Wood, Audrey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0152427309
- ISBN 13
- 9780152427306
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed, with an original drawing, by Audrey Wood and illustrator Don Wood on the front flyleaf. Despite please from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom. A Caldecott Honor book, colorfully illustrated throughout. Quarto. Original tan cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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Synopsis
In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be called on to peruse the book again and again.”-- Booklist
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74951
- Title
- KING BIDGOOD'S IN THE BATHTUB
- Author
- Wood, Audrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0152427309
- ISBN 13
- 9780152427306
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Caldecott Medal, BIBLIO-LIVE-4
Terms of Sale
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Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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