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The History of `The Tale of Peter Rabbit'
by Linder, Leslie & Beatrix Potter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0723219885
- ISBN 13
- 9780723219880
- Seller
-
Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Warne. Very Good+. 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0723219885 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper and another one on the reverse of the half title page. "Peter Rabbit is a fictional animal character in various children's stories by English author Beatrix Potter. A mischievous, adventurous young rabbit who wears a blue jacket, he first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. The six books by Potter featuring Peter Rabbit have sold over 150 million copies. Spin-off merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, painting books, board games and dolls. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character." (from Wikipedia) .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A48498
- Title
- The History of `The Tale of Peter Rabbit'
- Author
- Linder, Leslie & Beatrix Potter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0723219885
- ISBN 13
- 9780723219880
- Publisher
- Warne
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0723219885, Young Adult, Leslie Linder, Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit, Rabbits, Children's Book Characters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books On Books;
Terms of Sale
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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