Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday
by Hale, Kathleen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of the first book in the successful children's book series, "Orlando The Marmalade Cat," by the British artist and author, Kathleen Hale. The series consisted of 19 books, the last being published in 1972. Folio, very good in publisher's pictorial paper covered boards with some toning and foxing along spine and some light staining to bottom edges of boards. Endpapers show acid offsetting, else clean internally. Jacket very good with light chipping to heel of spine and bottom edges of front and rear panels. Some soiling to front and rear panels with rubbing to spine and along folds. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4205
- Title
- Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday
- Author
- Hale, Kathleen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...