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ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT: A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
by Hale, Kathleen
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Country Life Limited, 1952. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First edition of this charming cat adventure. The titular cat Orlando and his wife Grace (also a cat) vacation in the seaside town of Owlbarrow. Beautifully illustrated by the author. Folio. Original pictorial cloth boards. In original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Hale with color lithographs throughout. Light wear to jacket edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3344
- Title
- ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT: A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
- Author
- Hale, Kathleen
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Country Life Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- 20th century,Cats,English & British,Picture Book
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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- Folio
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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