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My Side of the Mountain
by George, Jean
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Dutton, 1969. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. E.P. Dutton and Company; New York, 1960. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. First Issue DJ. A Good, yellow cloth binding with black illustration on front board and black lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some scattered foxing to board buckram, bit of crimping to spine edges, discoloration to pastedowns/endpapers, some age toning to pages, bit musty odor, bit of scattered foxing to text block edges, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few tears and chips along edges, sunned spine and verso, some scattered foxing to verso panels and flaps, Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 178pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
Synopsis
My Side of the Mountain is a 1959 book by Jean Craighead George about a boy who learns about nature and himself. The book won the Newbery Honor Award and was loosely adapted into a movie in 1969. Set in the Catskill Mountains near Delhi, New York, My Side of the Mountain tells the fictional account of how Sam Gribley survives in the wilderness of upstate New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1039959
- Title
- My Side of the Mountain
- Author
- George, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
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Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- E.P.
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- Cloth
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- Buckram
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- New
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Flap(s)
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- Edges
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