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Santa Go Home: A Case History for Parents
by Ogden Nash, embellished by Robert Osborne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1967, Boston, 1967. Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Robert Osborn (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. 6.50 x 9.50". Pale green cloth with blind stamp to front panel, red and green lettering on spine; red endpapers; interior pages printed in red, blue, green, and black. Jacket is olive green and white with white, red and black lettering and an illustration of Santa Claus. Text is clean, tight, appears unread and unmarked. Jacket is NOT price-clipped, shows minimal wear to top edge, a bit of rubbing to spine, some dings but overall in excellent shape with good color, no fading or tears. Humorist Nash, in his inimitable style, has written a "remarkable expose of the childhood of Santa Claus and the bizarre psychological quirk which impels him even in old age to go on giving things away." 56 pages, "embellished by" 40 colorful drawings of Robert Osborn;
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Details
- Bookseller
- The FW Collections
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- P38
- Title
- Santa Go Home
- Author
- Ogden Nash, embellished by Robert Osborne
- Illustrator
- Robert Osborn
- Format/Binding
- Green Boards red and green printing, blind stamp on front panel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston Toronto
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUMOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Humor;
- Size
- 6.5x9.5
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About the Seller
The FW Collections
Biblio member since 2020
Lincoln, Nebraska
About The FW Collections
The FW Collections include a wide range of Vintage and Newer Books, Maps, Posters, Poetry, Magazines, Prints, Fine Art, Ephemera, Photographs, Paper from 50 years of collecting. Favorite topics: vintage midwest, visual arts, farming, politics, governance, cultural variations, WWII, and history, family life and vintage children's Books
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- 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....
- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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