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Surprise Balloon by Brock, Emma L - 1949

by Brock, Emma L

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Surprise Balloon by Brock, Emma L - 1949

Surprise Balloon

by Brock, Emma L

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
New York: Knopf, 1949. Pictorial boards with light wear to extremities; matching dust jacket darkened and worn with small losses, price intact ($1.50). The story of a group of animals who find a balloon. As they blow it up it carries them up into the air then bursts and they all fall down into a pond. Cute two-color artwork on every page. Uncommon title.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Oblong 12mo.
  • Bookseller E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA US (US)
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Jacket Condition Good
  • Edition Stated First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Knopf
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1949
  • Keywords cats, Animals
  • Size Oblong 12mo

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Surprise Balloon

by Brock, Emma L

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition,Second Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1940. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrations by Author. Good. Cloth. First Edition,Second Printing. Oblong 32mo (up to 5" tall). Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers and pocket..
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SURPRISE BALLOON

SURPRISE BALLOON

by Brock, Emma L

  • Used
  • very good
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
1st edition
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good. Emma L. Brock. 1st edition, February 1949. Very Good+. Oblong 12mo., unpaginated, full of Brock's fanciful illustrations. Bound in publishers yellow illustrated cloth, with "Gibraltar Library Binding" printed on rear cover. Some very minor soiling on covers, one small stamp inside, otherwise clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy of this charming first edition book, sadly lacking the dust jacket.
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Surprise Balloon

by Brock, Emma L

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
New York, New York, United States
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Knopf, 1949 Small oblong. Back board has a small stain. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Interior is clean with great illustrations by the author. Rare DJ has rubbing, some chipping, closed tears and soiling to back panel. Price intact. Protected in mylar. Adorable book.
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Surprise Balloon

by Emma L. Brock

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Duodecimo. Emma L. Brock. Stated first edition with $1.50 on flap. Original illustrated boards and endpapers with board pictures repeated on the dust jacket. The rare dust jacket remains bright and clean, with a couple of small edge nicks, a 1/4"" V chip to the top outer corner, and a minor 1/2"" round abrasion at the inner top corner, carefully retouched to same color. Still a very attractive copy in its protective archival Mylar jacket cover.
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$125.00