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2001 Scholastic Edition
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
Ernest Lawrence Thayer; illustrated by Christopher Bing
Scholastic, 2001. Later edition, first printing.
$25One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Very Good
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- RCB-3097ae9787e7
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-3097ae9787e7 · 7 photographs of this copy
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Illustrations copyright 2000 by Christopher Bing; true first is Handprint Books, 2000
examined on the copy in hand
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This copy is the First Scholastic printing, September 2001 — a later, licensed edition
examined on the copy in hand
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Rear-board sticker: school-market distribution edition only
examined on the copy in hand
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Number line runs to 1 but refers to the Scholastic printing, not the Handprint first
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
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edge wear and rubbing to board corners and spine ends, photo 1 and 6
noted on the copy in hand
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creasing/curl to upper edge of interior pages, photo 4
noted on the copy in hand
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blank Ex Libris bookplate affixed to front pastedown, photo 2
noted on the copy in hand
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school-market distribution sticker on rear board, photo 7
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
2001 Scholastic Edition
What a true first shows: Handprint Books, Brooklyn, 2000, illustrated boards (Christopher Bing illustrations)
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.