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The Silver Pencil
by Dalgliesh, Alice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Katherine Milhous. First edition with publisher's seal and "A" on copyright page, 8vo, blue cloth with silver titles and thistle on front board, 235 pages, occasional illustrations by Katherine Milhous, pictorial endpapers. A bit of wear at extremities, internally clean and sound; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with a few tiny edge tears and chipping at extremities, one inch closed tear at head of front spine fold. Autobiographical novel of the author's childhood in Trinidad and emmigration to England, then to the United States and Nova Scotia. Newbery Honor Book of 1945.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001529
- Title
- The Silver Pencil
- Author
- Dalgliesh, Alice
- Illustrator
- Katherine Milhous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS LITERATURE FICTION TRINIDAD BRITISH WEST INDIES CANADA UNITED STATES NEWBERY HONOR BOOK AUTOBIOGRAPHY CANADA KATHERINE MILHOUS
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Crooked House Books & Paper
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
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Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
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