Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei, translated from the Greek by Edward Fenton. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. FIRST EDITION (stated on the copyright page). Holt Library Edition hardcover with matching dust jacket.
Winner of the 1970 Mildred L. Batchelder Award. 1968 ALA Notable Book. 1969 Horn Book Honor List. Jacket and cover art by Herschel Levit, signed in the artwork.
DETAILS
- Copyright page: "First Edition," Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-11835, code 9680109. The same code is printed on the jacket's back panel, so the jacket belongs to this edition.
- 177 pages. English. Printed in the United States.
- Pictorial cloth boards repeating the jacket art.
- Jacket is NOT price-clipped: $3.97 printed on the front flap.
- NOT ex-library: no library stamps, pockets, slips, or markings anywhere. The gold "Holt Library Edition" foil labels on the jacket identify the publisher's library edition. They are not library ownership marks.
CONDITION: GOOD
Dust jacket: chipping at the top corners and at the head and tail of the spine. Small chip with paper loss on the spine panel below the title. Light white scuffs on the front panel. The front "Holt Library Edition" label is torn at one corner.
Boards: stain on the cloth behind the title on the front board. Light rubbing at the spine ends.
Interior: Third Hand Bookstore (Appleton, WI) foil label and pencil "25" on the half-title page, plus two faint brown tape-shadow marks at the top and bottom of that page. Text is otherwise clean, with no writing and no library markings.
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Ships well-packed via USPS Media Mail.
