Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Moon by Night (Austin Family Chronicles, 2) by Madeleine L’Engle in a first state dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, cloth boards, strong title ink on a tilted spine, smudges on page blocks, tight binding, heavy spine tilt, rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear, The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s bookplate on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface wear and heavy edge wear, chips and gaps. First state jacket with the price cut off the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Vicky Austin is filled with uncertainties about everything. Her parents call it Vicky’s “difficult year.” But fourteen-year-old Vicky is not so consumed with her problems that she can’t enjoy the exciting adventures of her family’s summer cross-country camping trip.In the course of their travels Vicky meets Zachary, an intriguing but troubled boy who latches on to Vicky.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
