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The Acorn Quest
by Yolen, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0690041063
- ISBN 13
- 9780690041064
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1981. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket/Good. Illustrated by Natti, Susanna. Signed, dated, and inscribed to two named individuals by the author at the title page. Pages crisp and clean except for a little dust spotting at the top and right edges of the page block; binding square and tight, hard cover mildly softened and rubbed at the spine ends and showing a little dimming of the gilt titles at the spine, otherwise excellent. Jacket bears some rubbing along the sides of the spine and around the edges, a scattering of small, very pale brown spots at the right front, and some minor chipping at the corners and spine ends, but is otherwise bright and attractive, now protected in a clear sleeve.; Signed by Author.
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- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 062732
- Title
- The Acorn Quest
- Author
- Yolen, Jane
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Natti, Susanna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0690041063
- ISBN 13
- 9780690041064
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed by Author;
Terms of Sale
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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About the Seller
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Iowa City, Iowa
About The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
The Haunted Bookshop is an open shop with over 40,000 quality used, out-of-print, and antiquarian titles for students, scholars, collectors, artists, families and children. The store has been in business for over 35 years, now in a historic home near downtown Iowa City. Our open hours are 10-8 daily.
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- 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.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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