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A Perfect Friend
by Reynolds Price
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0689830297
- ISBN 13
- 9780689830297
- Seller
-
The Villages, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maurice Sendak - dust jacket. Stated First Edition, with complete no. line (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1). Jacket and frontspiece illustration by Maurice Sendak, 2000. Brown cloth covers with gilt print. Brown topstain. Dust jacket with pictorial illustration of boy and elephant. Back of d.j. with small pictorial illustration of elephant. 8.75" tall. Clean, no writing, or remainder mark. Book is tight and gently read or unread (?). Soft spine tail bends (shelf rest). Quality dust jacket. Dust jacket with flap price cut and 0900 at bottom of flap. First children's book for the author who has authored 30 plus books. "Summary: Still grieving over the death of his mother, eleven year Ben finds solace in a special relationship he forms with an elephant in a visiting circus." Publisher
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- Bookseller
- D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125095
- Title
- A Perfect Friend
- Author
- Reynolds Price
- Illustrator
- Maurice Sendak - dust jacket
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0689830297
- ISBN 13
- 9780689830297
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 168
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children, fictiion, friendship, grief, animal and human friendship, death
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reading-Intermediate; Reading-Young Teens;
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About the Seller
D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
Biblio member since 2011
The Villages, Florida
About D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
D'Qualitas Books Et. Al. is a family operated internet bookstore. We offer a variety of used books that we have accumulated from various sources. Our specialties include Children and Adult Collector Books, Children and Adult Classic Books, First Editions, Out-of-Print Books, and general stock. All books that are listed are in our possession. They have been individually selected, and we conscientiously grade and describe them.
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- Remainder Mark
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- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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