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Curious George Flies a Kite; Pictures by H.A. Rey
by Rey, Margret
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition, first printing of Curious George Flies a Kite by Margret Rey, with illustrations by her partner, H.A. Rey.. Quarto, 80pp. Blue cloth, title in pale yellow on spine and front cover. No additional printings mentioned, same date listed on title and copyright pages. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, faint sunning and rubbing to spine, a few minor short tears to edges. Fully illustrated copy of the fifth story in the "Original Adventures" of Curious George.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14316
- Title
- Curious George Flies a Kite; Pictures by H.A. Rey
- Author
- Rey, Margret
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of Curious George Flies a Kite by Margret Rey, with illustrations by her partner, H.A. Rey.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Margret Rey first edition, Margret Rey, Margret and HA Rey, Rey signed book, Curious George, Curious George flies a kite, Curious George take a job, Curious George rides a bike, Curious George gets a medal
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
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