New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (21.5 cm), [vii], 200pp. Illustrated dust jacket with green and orange lettering on front and author photograph on the back with small bio. Quarter bound boards in dark green paper and light green cloth with gilt stamping on the spine. Green endsheets and fore-edge deckled. Review copy notice laid in and author signature on half title page. Dust jacket has some minor scrapes and soiling, but nothing intrusive or detrimental to the artwork or text. Bumping and shelf wear to head and tail of spine and top and bottom margins. Spine sunned. Boards relatively clean and sharp with some small white marking on the back cover's top corner. Head and tail of spine are bumped and lightly soiled, but binding remains firm. Some light rubbing to the top edge of the pages. Other than the author signature and some pencil that has been erased on the half title page, the pages are clean. Seller Inventory # 29760

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Title: Quite Contrary: The Mary and Newt Story [...

Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, New York

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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