Scholastic Press, 1998
First edition, First printing Beautiful crisp near fine book with a vibrant fine dust jacket. All first edition points present including:
1. The number line of 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02 on the copyright page
2. The Guardian Review to the rear of the Jacket (only the very FIRST impression has this review, the 2nd and 3rd impressions have a review from Publisher’s weekly
3. The code of 51695 just above the bar code to the rear of jacket
4. No #1 on the jacket spine
5. Raised gilt foil title to front panel of jacket
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The book is in crisp near fine condition with purple cross hatch and red quarter cloth boards. Bright unfaded gilt titles to spine. The boards are clean with two tiny corner tip bumps, and no edgewear. The binding is very tight and square. The end papers are in perfect condition with no owner names, no inscriptions, no book plates and no bookstore stamps, rear end paper has a stray small pen mark resembling a single letter “E” (hard to see). The internal pages are in crisp, clean, bright and stiff condition with no writing, no stains, no handling marks, no bent pages, and no foxing. A beautiful copy of this title internally appearing as unread.
The original first edition dust jacket is in stunning near fine/fine condition with strong vibrant colors. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $16.95. The unrestored jacket has No rips, No chips, No edgewear, No stains, No rubbing and No foxing. Please see detailed images. The jacket is protected in a new removeable clear archival cover. Striking jacket presenting the book beautifully!
A very handsome copy of the true first edition of this title in scarce near fine/fine stunning collectible condition.
