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The Story of Price Ivan, The Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (Inscribed)
by Children's - Whitney, Thomas P., Translator with Nonny Hogrogian, Illustrator
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Oblong quarto. Illustrated children's book translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. A very good clean copy in reinforced binding with pictorial covers. Clipepd dustwrapper shows some chipping and wear to spine ends. INSCRIBED by Whitney on the title page. Uncommon thus.
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- Bookseller
- Derringer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15320
- Title
- The Story of Price Ivan, The Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (Inscribed)
- Author
- Children's - Whitney, Thomas P., Translator with Nonny Hogrogian, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Children's Inscribed
Terms of Sale
Derringer Books
All books returnable for full refund within two weeks of delivery.
About the Seller
Derringer Books
Biblio member since 2005
Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
Professional seller of quality first editions in all fields. Visitation by appointment.
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- 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...
- Title Page
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- Inscribed
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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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