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A Calf for Christmas
by Lindgren, Astrid ; Tornqvist, Marit (illustrator) ; Lucas, Barbara (translator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 9129599202
- ISBN 13
- 9789129599206
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
Item Price
$40.00$32.00
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About This Item
Stockholm: R & S Books, 1991. First printing glossy hard cover with dust jacket, FINE/NF. English language ediiton translated by Barbara Lucas. Crisp, unmarked copy. Dust jacket, slightly toned at outer margins, offered in new mylar cover. Unpag., approx. 32pp., color illustrations by Marit Tornqvist. Lovely copy.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall Oblong.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18852
- Title
- A Calf for Christmas
- Author
- Lindgren, Astrid ; Tornqvist, Marit (illustrator) ; Lucas, Barbara (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9129599202
- ISBN 13
- 9789129599206
- Publisher
- R & S Books
- Place of Publication
- Stockholm
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 12mo - over 6" - 8" Ta
- Keywords
- Christmas Picturebook Astrid Lindgren
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
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Skyway, Washington
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- New
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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