On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town
by Lobel, Arnold
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060239727
- ISBN 13
- 9780060239725
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lobel, Arnold. Another delightful tale--in verse form--for children, this one about the arrival of Dutchman Peter Stuyvesant & the founding of New York in 1647. Both written & illustrated by Caldecott medal winner Lobel. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1971, this oblong small quarto (10" x 9.5") has brightly colored yellow cloth over boards, with a design matched on the accompanying DJ. Condition is VG: very clean & bright, but an Ex-Lib copy with the usual stamps & markings, old card pocket in rear. Front endpapers slightly smudged, with a former owner's address label; other pages completely unmarked. Mild corner bumping & rubbing to extremities. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. The top-clipped DJ (price intact at lower front flap) is also VG, with paper call number to lower spine, partially removed paper label across front image; else bright & colorful! Old library mylar has been removed & replaced with new! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023558
- Title
- On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town
- Author
- Lobel, Arnold
- Illustrator
- Lobel, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060239727
- ISBN 13
- 9780060239725
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- VERSE RHYME POEM MICE MOUSE ANIMALS FICTION CHILDREN PICTURE BOOKS ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Americana-Regional History;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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