London: Andre Deutsch. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0233955925 . 56 p. 30 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered, illustrated boards. Top front corners lightly knocked. All corner tips have some wear. Small ding to top edges. Tiny stain to top edge of text block. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has some wear at the corners and spine ends and rear panel is lightly soiled. The spine is a slightly faded. Price clipped with new publisher's price sticker on front flap. (likely because it is a third impression jacket). The continuing story of the adventures of Madeline, the little French girl, in which Madeline is lost at a gypsy circus. .

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The Madeline books are among the most honored children's books of all time. Join Madeline in another adventure when she and Pepito run off to join the carnival with a band of traveling gypsies! At first they're having the time of their lives—they don't have to go to school, brush their teeth, or ever go to sleep. But soon Madeline and Pepito start to feel homesick. Leave it to clever Miss Clavel to find Madeline and Pepito and bring them home.

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3192
Title: Madeline and the Gypsies
Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: Fifth Printing
ISBN 10: 0233955925
ISBN 13: 9780233955926
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1979
Keywords: 0233955925
Bookseller catalogs: Children's - Picture Books;

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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...
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...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
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"...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...