Signed - Eric Carle - A House For Hermit Crab

Description: 'A House For Hermit Crab' by Eric Carle Signed by Eric Carle. First hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Picture Book Studio, 1987. Hermit Crab's keeps growing out of his home, will he be able to cope with changes in his life? what is he to do ? Will the other creatures of the sea help him look for a new home? Bookplate from the Keene State College Children's Literature Festival on the first flyleaf page is signed by Eric Carle, Bookplate measures 3-3/4" X 4-1/4". The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. Jacket has one very minor bump to the front left - at the gutter of the spine - about the size of a sesame seed. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Sturdy pictorial boards, with black cloth covered spine. Boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or worn, no edge wear. 30 pages, 8-1/4" X 11-1/4". There is a former owner's blind stamp mark on the first flyleaf - a circular impression mark about 1-1/4" across - the same impression mark is also applied to the copyright page, which is the last page of the book. Presumed to be the first edition though it is not clearly marked beyond the date of 1987. Small handwritten date written on the top left corner of the first text page '1988', about 1/4" X 1/8". See the attached photos for more details on the condition. Binding is tight and square. Edges of the text block are clean. No writing on the text pages. Not a library discard copy. Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory. To be mailed out in a box.

Price: 50 USD

Location: Nashua, New Hampshire

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Shipping Cost: 6.75 USD