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Rabbit Hill (Newbery Medal Winner)
by Lawson, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- At Least Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking, 1944. Stated, Second Printing Before Publication. Hardcover. At Least Very Good/Good. Robert Lawson. Beige cloth with title and decorations stamped in green onto covers and spine, map illustrated endpapers, 8vo (9-1/4 inches [23.4 cm] tall), pp. [6], 7-127, [128], illustrated throughout. Volume with corners and spine ends just slightly softened, a tiny bump to bottom edge of text block affecting 5 leaves, original booksellers small ink stamp inner bottom corner of recto rfep, gift insc. dated 1945 on dedication page. Price clipped DJ with small tears and edge chips, a 2 inch tear at foot of spine panel, fading and some stains. Rabbit Hill was the winner of the 1945 Newbery Medal for being the most distinguished American children's book published in 1944.
Synopsis
Rabbit Hill is a novel by Robert Lawson that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1945.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2612
- Title
- Rabbit Hill (Newbery Medal Winner)
- Author
- Lawson, Robert
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - At Least Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated, Second Printing Before Publication
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1944
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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