$85.00 USD • Used
Funny, easy-to-read story for young children about a little Eskimo boy who goes with his polar bear to visit his aunt in the tropics, written & illustrated by the celebrated cartoonist for the New...
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Funny, easy-to-read story for young children about a little Eskimo boy who goes with his polar bear to visit his aunt in the tropics, written & illustrated by the celebrated cartoonist for the New Yorker who did the "Danny and the Dinosaur" books. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, early printing, from 1960, this small 4to (8.25" x 10" x 8.25") oblong hardcover has seafoam green cloth over boards with black picture of Eskimo boy to front & lettering to spine. Condition is VG+, marred only by slight darkening & white bleached spots to top edges of both boards, dribbling down back board. Slight musty odor. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers with very faint dampstaining. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ with orig. $2.50 price intact to front flap) is Near Fine, marred only by foxing/darkening to lower edges of both front & back covers. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! 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.
Product Info
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Year: 1960
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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GargoyleBooks
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Country: United States