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The Sign on Rosie's Door
by Sendak, Maurice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Sendak, Maurice. Enchanting tale of the magical world of children' imaginations, both written & illustrated by renowned children's book artist, Maurice Sendak. Unpaginated. 48 pp. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1960 (with proper DJ flap code & titles listed), this hardcover 8vo has bright blue cloth-covered boards with a colorful image of Rosie & cat on front, white lettering to front & spine. An EX-LIB copy, with the usual stamps, markings, & card pocket in front matter & top/bottom outside page edges, is is nonetheless in VG condition: very clean, pages white & unmarked, binding strong & straight. Moderate rubbing to lower edges from shelf. The bottom price-clipped DJ is Near fine, having been protected under library mylar all these years; this has been carefully clean & old tape residue mostly removed.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 by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SPECIAL: order any other Sendak books together for 20% off both & only $1.00 extra shipping per item!
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 022288
- Title
- The Sign on Rosie's Door
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice
- Illustrator
- Sendak, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATIONS FANTASY FAIRY TALE CHILDREN PICTURE BOOKS THEATER PLAYS ACTING ACTORS SENDAK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Illustrated Books/Illustrators;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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