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Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
by Zolotow, Charlotte; Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good-. Sendak, Maurice. Lovely children's story about a little girl who enlists the help of a rabbit in coming up with a birthday present for her mother, illustrated by the late, great children's book illustrator Sendak.Hardcover nearly square is an Ex-Lib, with just 2 "discard" stamps to endpapers, but entire ffep has been sliced out (presumably where card pocket was adhered). Condition is nonetheless Good: cloth-covered pictorial boards are somewhat sunned, with very mild corner bumping. Interior is clean & unmarked. Paper residue from old mylar cover stuck to inside covers both front & back. The price-clipped DJ (with same image as boards) is VG-, marred only by 1" tear & slight paper loss to heel of spine & where old call number sticker was removed. Else, bright & colorful with no other wear; nicely protected in brand new clear mylar cover free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 023627
- Title
- Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
- Author
- Zolotow, Charlotte; Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Sendak, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- rabbit talking animals children girls gifts parents mothers fantasy fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- 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...
- Sunned
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
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