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Racketty-Packetty House
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Johnson, Holly (Illustrator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397316429
- ISBN 13
- 9780397316427
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: J. P. Lippicott Company, 1975. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Johnson, Holly. Much-beloved story about how a band of dolls, led by Queen Crosspatch & her band of fairies, rescue the Racketty-Packetty House from their neglectful owner. Orig. published in 1906, the story is brought to life again for a new generation of readers with colorful illustrations by Holly Johnson: this is the First Printing of the First Edition with those illustrations from 1975 (First, thus). 63 pages. Hardcover 8vo has red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked save for a large gift inscription to verso of ffep from a loving mommy to her daughter. The price-clipped DJ is VG, downgraded due to slight edgewear, including some small chips & a2" long unclosed tear descending from top edge of front cover near outer fore edge, which has some creasing & a small chip around it. Beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023172
- Title
- Racketty-Packetty House
- Author
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Johnson, Holly (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Johnson, Holly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0397316429
- ISBN 13
- 9780397316427
- Publisher
- J. P. Lippicott Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- DOLLS DOLL HOUSE FANTASY FAIRIES FAIRY GIRLS FICTION KIDS PICTURE BOOKS CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Dolls & Toys;
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La Mesa, California
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- 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....
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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