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The Stray
by Betsy James Wyeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374372802
- ISBN 13
- 9780374372804
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Jamie Wyeth. Signed by Illustrator. BETSY JAMES WYETH. The Stray, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. Tall octavo, first edition, pp. 158, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated by Jamie Wyeth, the author's son. The author was the wife of the great American painter Andrew Wyeth. Signed on the title page by Jamie in his distinctive chicken scratch. Condition of this book: Near fine with age-toning and a price-clipped dust jacket. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Jamie Wyeth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; United States; 1970s; Art & Design. Signed by Illustrator. ISBN: 0374372802. ISBN/EAN: 9780374372804. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55137. . 9780374372804
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55137
- Title
- The Stray
- Author
- Betsy James Wyeth
- Illustrator
- Jamie Wyeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374372802
- ISBN 13
- 9780374372804
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Children; United States; 1970s; Art & Design. Jamie Wyeth Signed by Illustrator Unbranded ISBN: 0374372802 EAN: 9780374372804 Betsy James Wyeth The Stray
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- 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...
- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- New
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