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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
by Betty MacDonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/none
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A First Edition (Stated) of this classic chidren's tale. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has moved to the country and is surrounded by many farm and country animals where her magic cures the bad habits of the children sent to live with her.
No dust jacket. No internal markings, hinge is tight. Corners slightly bumped. Boards are slightly soiled and there is a fading to cloth binding in the upper-right front corner from a possible moisture stain. Black and white illustrations throughout by famed children's book illustrator and author Maurice Sendak.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. Expedited shipping outside of the United States must be pre-paid using the DHL link on the biblio.com website.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town Books of San Anselmo
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 487
- Title
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
- Author
- Betty MacDonald
- Illustrator
- Maurice Sendak
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth with Black Titles and cover illustration
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition - Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 128
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, magic, classics, farms, farm animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature; First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Town Books of San Anselmo
All titles are available for a full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item is misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Town Books of San Anselmo
Biblio member since 2020
San Rafael, California
About Town Books of San Anselmo
Town Books is run by volunteers for the benefit of the San Anselmo Library, San Anselmo, CA. All titles are donated and go through a thorough accession process to ensure that the books are clean and in a good reading state. Selected titles of rare and vintage books are reserved for our online sales with Biblio.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
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