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Michel's Island
by Hunt, Mabel Leigh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Rust cloth binding rubbed at spine ends & corners, slightly cocked; some pale spotting to boards & backstrip; leaf edges, spine ends & corners browned, else a sturdy, tight book. Dj rubbed at extremities; spine ends & corners chipped; surface smudged; backstrip sunned; flaps corner-clipped, jacket now protected in clear cover. ; Lovely b&w ils. & page decorations by Kate Seredy.; 8vo; 265 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44600
- Title
- Michel's Island
- Author
- Hunt, Mabel Leigh
- Illustrator
- Kate Seredy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- 20th Century American Fiction, Indiana Authors, Kate Seredy, Illustrator, Young Adult Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Classics;
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- Flap(s)
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
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