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First edition
Gnomes
Wil Huygen; illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
Harry N. Abrams, 1977. First edition, later printing.
$30One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Near Fine
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
- Our ref
- RCB-a0ea6bef3022
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-a0ea6bef3022 · 7 photographs of this copy
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English translation copyright 1977, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
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Translated from Dutch 'Leven en werken van de Kabouter', Unieboek B.V., 1976
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Illustrated by Rien Poortvliet, text by Wil Huygen
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Red cloth boards with gilt gnome stamp to front board
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True first US printing carries no barcode, no website URL, and no '#1 best-seller' blurb on the jacket
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
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light rubbing and small gilt/scuff mark to lower front panel of jacket
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faint blue/ink smudge marks to rear jacket panel
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1977, red cloth in pictorial jacket
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.