CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX
by Cooney, Barbara
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670479586
- ISBN 13
- 9780670479580
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Constable and Company, 1958. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Barbara Cooney. London, England: Constable and Company, 1958. First edition. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches: pp. [36]. White illustrated paper dust jacket with red and black type. Bright orange boards with a black cock, colorful endpaper. repeating design
Lovely copy of Barbara Cooney's adaptation of a Chaucerian tale. Nice, clean dustjacket with just a bit of edge wear, chipping and rubbing. Though neatly clipped at top, original price of 12 /6 net appears at bottom of DJ flap. Dust jacket preserved in Brodart wraps. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
Lovely copy of Barbara Cooney's adaptation of a Chaucerian tale. Nice, clean dustjacket with just a bit of edge wear, chipping and rubbing. Though neatly clipped at top, original price of 12 /6 net appears at bottom of DJ flap. Dust jacket preserved in Brodart wraps. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
Synopsis
In the children's book Chanticleer and the Fox, Barbara Cooney adapted the story of The Nun's Priest's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and illustrated it. Released by Crowell in 1958, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1959.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228
- Title
- CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX
- Author
- Cooney, Barbara
- Illustrator
- Barbara Cooney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- ISBN 10
- 0670479586
- ISBN 13
- 9780670479580
- Publisher
- Constable and Company
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...