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The Tortoise and the Hare: Aesop's Fable
by Lewis, Jean
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1963. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Rutherford, Bonnie and Bill. Unpaginated, illustrated with color illustrations on every page with brown flocking on rabbit figure. The classic tale of slow and steady winning the race. A Whitman Fuzzy-Wuzzy Book. Illustrated wraps with brown flocking on hare figure and red titles on front cover, green end papers. Some edge wear, especially at spine edges, corners and spine ends bumped with some chipping of color, cover a bit scrubbed and scratched, residue from old price tag on front cover, gift inscription and 1963 date on front fixed end paper, name on back fixed end paper, interior pages bright and clean with no scribbles, binding tight.
Measures 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.
Measures 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00895
- Title
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- Author
- Lewis, Jean
- Illustrator
- Rutherford, Bonnie and Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Probable First Edition
- Publisher
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Racine, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- children's stories, fiction, novelty
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
Scraps of American History
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Scraps of American History
Biblio member since 2012
Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
Glossary
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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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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