- Seller Inventory #: 003029
- Illustrator: Illus. Color By Author.
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Place: New York ( 1989)
- Keywords: Mouse
New York ( 1989): Doubleday. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Inscription endpaper dated 1991; the last number in the date has been erased and replaced by the "1", else contents mostly clean and nice. Boards lightly worn edges. Zackary Rapples is a six year old mouse .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
