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A HOLE IS TO DIG: A FIRST BOOK OF FIRST DEFINITIONS (FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE)
by Ruth Krauss; Maurice Sendak, illus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good-
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
First edition, first printing with no "Grr-r-r" on page 23, $1.50 and 30-70 on dust jacket flap, and teal cloth spine. VG-/G-. Soiling and faint water stain to dust jacket with small chips at spine ends, now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Minor edge wear to boards with soiling to top edge. Bookplate on rear of ffep. Text and illustrations are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020222-15
- Title
- A HOLE IS TO DIG: A FIRST BOOK OF FIRST DEFINITIONS (FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE)
- Author
- Ruth Krauss; Maurice Sendak, illus
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lost Time
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About the Seller
Lost Time
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About Lost Time
Lost Time is an independent online bookstore located in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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