OPEN GATE by SEREDY, KATE

Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. The Boards are slightly soiled. The edges are very dust-toned, somewhat with age.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1950. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket [now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve]. Price clipped DJ is complete but worn at edges with chips to top and tail of spine; previous owner has reinforced interior with brown paper resulting in some mild rippling to DJ. Light offset to free endpapers. Wonderful black & white illustrations by Kate Seredy. 254 pages. First published in 1943, Seredy's delightful story of a family that unwittingly purchases a farm and relocates from New York. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Viking Children's Books, 1943. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Juvenile. Used - Very Good. NY: Viking 1945. 2nd printing stated. Hardcover 8vo 281 pgs. B/w illustrations. Very good in a fair dust jacket. Light wear and toning to spine ends. Light foxing spots to fore edge and bottom edge of textblock. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped, torn and rear panel is foxed and soiled. (Family Farms, Country Life, Juvenile Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Viking Children's Books, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Press, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bookplate opposite flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Lacks dust jacket; moderate wear to boards, toning to spine.

The Viking Press, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing.

Viking Press, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Gift inscription to half title page in pen. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The 1953 fourth printing in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From the front panel: "This is a novel about new things and old, about farms and families and about America. It is an affirmation of faith in the earth itself, and in the value of living close to it. And as it is by Kate Seredy, it is full of humor and jollity, racing along at breakneck speed." Very slight loss to head, tail, and corners of jacket, now in mylar (see photos). Wear to front board, slight foxing to fore edge. Top edge stained dark blue. Illustrated endpapers, 280 unmarked pages.

New York: The Viking Press, 1943. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First edition of this story of a grandma who moves her family to a farm to decrease their reliance on modern technology. This copy was once in the inventory of Aleph-Bet Books, and the description uses their images; if you would like further photos of the book, please contact us. 8.25'' x 6.5''. Original blue pictorial cloth. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial farm endpapers. Blue topstain. Illustrated with frontispiece and seventeen black and white full-page illustrations. [10], 280, [8] pages. Some sunning to spine of dust jacket, mild wear to edges of book. Else a very clean, nice copy.