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Soup for the King: A Fable
by Leonard Kessler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Cloth. Very Good +/Good +. Leonard Kessler. INSCRIBED BY LEONARD KESSLER, THE BOOK'S AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, TO HIS NIECE, on the front free endpaper's verso. A solid copy to boot of the 1969 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, Good+ dustjacket, with soiling to the panels and a bit of light staining and minor chipping along the panel edges. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in vivid color by Leonard Kessler.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11263
- Title
- Soup for the King: A Fable
- Author
- Leonard Kessler
- Illustrator
- Leonard Kessler
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- rare children's books, signed children's books, Leonard Kessler
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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