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Wally the Wordworm
de FADIMAN, Clifton; Lisa Atherton, illus
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer House, 1983. Second Edition. First printing with Atherton's illustrations (originally published 1964). Small quarto. cloth-backed paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 56pp; illus. Fine copy in original, unclipped dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and with a short, closed tear at upper margin, a bit toned at folds and mildly foxed on verso; Very Good. Neat ownership signature and printed bookplate of James G. Mead.
An attractive reissue of Fadiman's charming book for young readers, a celebration of words and lexicography told from the vantage point of a voracious bookworm. The first edition was illustrated by Arnold Roth; this reissue featured all-new illustrations by Maryland artist Lisa Atherton. It was her second published appearance as a book illustrator.
An attractive reissue of Fadiman's charming book for young readers, a celebration of words and lexicography told from the vantage point of a voracious bookworm. The first edition was illustrated by Arnold Roth; this reissue featured all-new illustrations by Maryland artist Lisa Atherton. It was her second published appearance as a book illustrator.
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- Librería
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 63346
- Título
- Wally the Wordworm
- Autor
- FADIMAN, Clifton; Lisa Atherton, illus
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Second Edition
- Editorial
- Stemmer House
- Lugar de publicación
- Owings Mills, MD
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Winchester, Virginia
Sobre Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Fine
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
