1980. First Printing. 324 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth covered boards with gilt. Signed by the author with dedication to front free end paper. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.
Inscribed by author to former oener, otherwise unmarked, clean and solid copy. Fairly clean dust jacket. Silver Newbery Medal on front panel of dj. Dj price clipped, shows moderate shelf wear and now in a protective mylar jacket.
L'Engle signed the book on a book plate attached to the half-title page, and inscribed it "Be a light bearer, Nancy from Madeleine L'Engle. The book is lovely, the jacket has several imperfections; the tiniest bit of chipping at the bottom of the front cover and the bottom of the spine, and two closed half-inch tears on the back cover, one on the bottom, one on the top. The top one has the colored surface of the paper chipped in a triangle about 1/4 inch on a side, and a crease where part of the torn cover was folded down. Jacket is not price clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Signed and inscribed by author to title page. 7th printing. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.
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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):