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Song of the Swallows
de Politi, Leo
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Librería
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Scribners, 1949. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Caldecott-award-winning children's story set at the Mission at San Juan Capistrano on the California coast, where the swallows return home every March 19th on Saint Joseph's Day. Beautifully illustrated in soft watercolors by the author. A FIRST EDITION, early printing, from 1949, this small 4to (8.25" x 10.25") hardcover has light green cloth over boards with darker green lettering & to front & spine & stamped image of boy ringing the mission bell as the swallows fly home. Condition is VG+: quite clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers. Slight rubbing darkening to extremities & faint musty odor. The unclipped DJ is also VG+, with rubbing to extremities & some small chips at both ends of spine; else, brilliantly colorful & bright; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover. 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 (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Sinopsis
Song of the Swallows is a book by Leo Politi. Published by Scribner, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1950.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 021121
- Título
- Song of the Swallows
- Autor
- Politi, Leo
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition Later Printing
- Editorial
- Scribners
- Fecha de publicación
- 1949
- Palabras clave
- BOYS SWALLOWS BIRDS SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CALIFORNIA MISSIONS HISPANIC MEXICAN AMERICANS CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOKS CALDECOTT MEDAL
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Californiana;
Términos de venta
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Gargoyle Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
La Mesa, California
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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...
- 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
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
