Good+ A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Spine The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: Fine A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items. The quality of our online service is as important to us as that in our open storefront. We are members of the American Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, and offer a carefully curated in-store selection of new and used books. We are a quintessential "mom & pop" business, locally owned and independent, and we live above the shop. Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Back panel rubbed and scored in three places with some material loss at one 10 cm score. 1 cm closed tear at top edge of rear panel. 1 cm of material loss at edge upper near leading corner of front panel. Short (1 cm) closed tears at upper leading corners front and back. Chipping at all panel corners and at head and tail of spine. Dust jacket shows considerable shelf wear. Pages clean, bright, flat, crisp, and sharp throughout. End papers clean and bright with a hint of thumb denting to rear free endpaper. Boards clean with exception of a small smudge at lower center of front board and a small spot of stain at the center of the top edge of the back board.
Silver Caldecott Honor Book sticker on front dust jacket panel, indicating that this copy was not distributed until after the award was given. Full color pictorial dust jacket has all points present (per Hanrahan) for first issue: front flap clipped on bottom corner, price of $4.95 intact at top, 1070 at bottom left seven titles listed on rear flap. Inscribed in pencil, with full signature in ink, and dated by author on front free endpaper recto, "to Peter, hello!, Maurice Sendak, Nov.'73." Publisher's original oatmeal linen binding with circular color pictorial onlay to front board.
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