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  • Jun 23, 2012, 08:37 PM
    PaulGoode
    The Prince Commands
    I am looking for a hardcover book from 1934. It is:
    The Prince Commands
    By Andre Norton
    Appleton-Century, New York

    I check every bookstore and booksale I can find and keep watch on the internet.
  • Jun 23, 2012, 08:43 PM
    Wondergirl
    Do you want to get it through the library to check out, or do you want to buy it? Here's a WorldCat citation:

    Title: The prince commands, being sundry adventures of Michael Karl, sometime crown prince & pretender to the throne of Morvania,
    Author(s): Norton, Andre. Seredy, Kate (illus.).
    Publication: New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Co.
    Year: 1934
    Description: viii, p. 1 l. 268 [1] p. front. illus. 20 cm.
    Language: English
    Standard No: LCCN: 34-3730
    Note(s): "First printing."
    Class Descriptors: LC: PZ7.N82; Dewey: 813/.52
    Responsibility: by André Norton ; illustrations by Kate Seredy.
    Material Type: Fiction (fic); Juvenile (no specific ages) (jau)
    Document Type: Book
    Entry: 19800304
    Update: 20040107
    Accession No: OCLC: 6143083
    Database: WorldCat
  • Jun 23, 2012, 08:46 PM
    Wondergirl
    It was published by a different house in 1983 --

    Title: The prince commands /
    Author(s): Norton, Andre.
    Publication: New York : Tom Donerty Associates,
    Year: 1983, ©1934
    Description: 255 p. ; 18 cm.
    Language: English
    Standard No: ISBN: 052348058X :; 9780523480589
    Note(s): "A Tor book."
    Class Descriptors: LC: PS3527.O632
    Responsibility: André Norton.
    Vendor Info: Baker and Taylor Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services (BTCP BKTY YANK) 2.95 Status: active
    Material Type: Fiction (fic); Juvenile (no specific ages) (jau)
    Document Type: Book
    Entry: 19830407
    Update: 20090405
    Accession No: OCLC: 9382921
    Database: WorldCat
  • Jun 23, 2012, 08:48 PM
    Wondergirl
    It's for sale here --

    Prince Commands by Andre Norton - New, Rare & Used Books Online at Alibris Marketplace

    And here:

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-Com...rince+commands

    And for the Kindle:

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-Com...rince+commands

    And here:

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-Com...rince+commands
  • Jun 24, 2012, 12:01 AM
    PaulGoode
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Do you want to get it through the library to check out, or do you want to buy it? Here's a WorldCat citation:

    Title: The prince commands, being sundry adventures of Michael Karl, sometime crown prince & pretender to the throne of Morvania,
    Author(s): Norton, Andre. Seredy, Kate (illus.).
    Publication: New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Co.,
    Year: 1934
    Description: viii, p., 1 l., 268 [1] p. front., illus. 20 cm.
    Language: English
    Standard No: LCCN: 34-3730
    Note(s): "First printing."
    Class Descriptors: LC: PZ7.N82; Dewey: 813/.52
    Responsibility: by André Norton ; illustrations by Kate Seredy.
    Material Type: Fiction (fic); Juvenile (no specific ages) (jau)
    Document Type: Book
    Entry: 19800304
    Update: 20040107
    Accession No: OCLC: 6143083
    Database: WorldCat
    I am wanting to buy the Hardcover to complete my collection. I have the paperback. Not picky. Even ex-Lib will do until I find an upgrade. Thanks--Paul
  • Jun 24, 2012, 10:20 AM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PaulGoode View Post
    I am wanting to buy the Hardcover to complete my collection. I have the paperback. Not picky. Even ex-Lib will do until I find an upgrade. Thanks--Paul
    Here's what I would do. This is the WorldCat citation for the hardcover "first edition." It is owned by ten libraries in the world, nine of them in the US. Go to the reference desk at your public library and find out the names of those libraries, then call some or all of them to find out if they will sell their copy to you (and make sure to confirm that it's hardcover). That's how I got an out-of-print collectible book I had been looking for for years. Here's the complete citation to give to the librarian (the OCLC number at the bottom is especially important for him/her to have) --

    The prince commands, being sundry adventures of Michael Karl, sometime crown prince & pretender to the throne of Morvania,

    Andre Norton; Kate Seredy
    1934
    English Book Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience viii, p. 1 l. 268 [1] p. front. illus. 20 cm.
    New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Co.
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    Title: The prince commands, being sundry adventures of Michael Karl, sometime crown prince & pretender to the throne of Morvania,
    Author(s): Norton, Andre. Seredy, Kate.
    Publication: New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Co.
    Year: 1934
    Description: viii, p. 1 l. 268 [1] p. front. illus. 20 cm.
    Language: English
    Standard No: LCCN: 34-3730
    Note(s): "First printing."
    Class Descriptors: LC: PZ7.N82; Dewey: 813/.52
    Responsibility: by André Norton ; illustrations by Kate Seredy.
    Material Type: Fiction (fic); Juvenile (no specific ages) (jau)
    Document Type: Book
    Entry: 19800304
    Update: 20040107
    Accession No: OCLC: 6143083
    Database: WorldCat
  • Jun 24, 2012, 11:14 AM
    Mariansc1234
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PaulGoode View Post
    I am looking for a hardcover book from 1934. It is:
    The Prince Commands
    by Andre Norton
    Appleton-Century, New York

    I check every bookstore and booksale I can find and keep watch on the internet.
    Do you want the book published in the year 1934? Or does it not matter what year it was published?
  • Jun 24, 2012, 11:30 AM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mariansc1234 View Post
    Do you want the book published in the year 1934? Or does it not matter what year it was published?
    There are only two publication dates: 1934 (hardcover) in London and 1983 (softcover) in the US. The questioner wants the hardcover edition, since he already has a softcover version.
  • Jun 24, 2012, 12:11 PM
    Mariansc1234
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    There are only two publication dates: 1934 (hardcover) in London and 1983 (softcover) in the US. The questioner wants the hardcover edition, since he already has a softcover version.
    Yes, I read where he wanted the hardcover book. My original question asked, does he want the 1934 published edition? Or does, it not matter, as long as he gets the hardcover book. I take it he, wants the 1934 hardcover edition.
  • Jun 24, 2012, 12:53 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mariansc1234 View Post
    Yes, I read where he wanted the hardcover book. My original question asked, does he want the 1934 published edition? Or does, it not matter, as long as he gets the hardcover book. I take it he, wants the 1934 hardcover edition.
    The ONLY hardcover available is the 1934 edition, the "first edition."
  • Jun 24, 2012, 12:55 PM
    Mariansc1234
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    The ONLY hardcover available is the 1934 edition, the "first edition."
    Oh okay, I see, thanks.

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