To Hell With Dying
by Alice Walker
ISBN: 0152890750
ISBN-13: 9780152890759
Format: Reinforced Hardcover
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Summary
Old Mr. Sweet is dying, but he is brought back from the brink by the love of two affectionate children who care about him. Finally, when he does, inevitably, die, his memory lives on in their hearts.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
Published date: 1988
Size: 11.25 x 10.25 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Ages: 3 to 4
Pages: 31
Synopses
The author relates how old Mr. Sweet, though often on the verge of dying, could always be revived by the loving attention that she and her brother gave him.
Publisher's Notes
Although prone to frequent illness, old Mr. Sweet spends much of his time playing with neighborhood children, but when he finally dies, the children know that in a special way he will live forever.
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To Hell With Dying
Alice Walker
Harcourt. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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Alice Walker
Harcourt. Used - Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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To Hell With Dying
Walker, Alice
Harcourt. SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING. 0152890750 X-library copy protected in mylar plastic. Usual stamps/ and or markings. Ships out within 12 hours!!!! Shop and Save with us! Shop & Save with us at kjcactusbooks! . Fair. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
Harcourt. SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING. 0152890750 Good condition X-Library Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover, usual stamps/stickers, corners and edge wear rub through, a good book for reading. Shop & Save with us at kjcactusbooks! . Good. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice and Parmar, Pratibha
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,c1988., Quarto, hardcover, ex hospice book with stamp on endpaper and small stain on back top dj. Beautiful full-page color framable illustrations throughout by Catherine Deeter. For a happy few of us there is the good fortune of having had a Mr. Sweet in our childhood. Someone who erases the boundaries between children and adults, whose faults gentle us into tolerance and charity, whose praise makes us strong and proud-and whose love helps us to understand what love really is. Unpaginated. about 30 pp. . Illus. by Catherine Deeter . ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
N.y.: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1988. a very good copy with a very good dust jacket.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Catherine Deeter. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Childrens Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1988. Hard Cover. Oblong 0152890750 very good copy in like dust cover, shows a little edge wear but pages are clean and binding is firm . ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1988.. 2 names front endpages the Dust Jacket scarred on 1 corner (not on illus). book about African American children, beautiful color illustrations story 1st published 1967, this is the 1st illustrated edition 2nd ptg. 11" x 10" . ISBN: 0152890750. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Catherine Deeter. AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE BLACK STUDIES ILLUSTRATED BY CATHERINE DEETER, ILLUS.. ( more information)
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TO HELL WITH DYING
Walker, Alice
Harcourt, 1988 Illustrated by Catherine Deeter. Hardcover with dustjacket. No stamps, marks. No rips, tears. Not price clipped. Slight edgewear.. Hardcover. Very Good. ( more information)
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To Hell with Dying
Walker, Alice
CA: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1988. excellent, pages look not read, negligible shelf wear, light cover soiling/wear, no other marks, wear, tears, soil, etc to book. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover Xlibrary. Very Good/NO JACKET PICTORIAL BOARDS. Illus. by Deeter, Catherine (illustrator). 18 Oz. Children's Fiction PICTUREBOOK. ( more information)
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TO HELL WITH DYING
Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0152890750 . Color Illustrations; Children's Book. Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Text pages clean & bright. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. Bottom front corner of dust jacket has one very small edge tear with a bit of light edge wear and chipping associated. Overall, a very good copy. --For a happy few of us there is the good fortune of having had a Mr. Sweet in our childhood. Someone who erases the boundaries between children and adults, whose faults gentle us into tolerance and charity, whose praise makes us strong and proud-and whose love helps us to understand what love really is--. . ( more information)
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WALKER, Alice
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1988. Price clipped Dj - No wear on the book or DJ - not written in. ISBN: 0-15-289075-0. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Deeter, Catherine (illustrator). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. DEATH FICTION FRIENDSHIP CHILDREN S AFRO AMERICANS JUVENILE GENERAL PEOPLE PLACES UNITED STATES AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL SITUATIONS DYING. ( more information)
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Walker,Alice
Fine in Fine DJ no defects. Not price clipped (13.95). Catherine Deeter Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1988 1st edition. Lg hardback 1st edition,1st printing with no markings.Not remaindered.No names. ( more information)
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To Hell With Dying
Walker, Alice ; Deeter, Catherine (illustrator)
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First edition trade hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Prior owner's name inked on front flyleaf, else unmarked copy. Jacket has light corner wear and a short closed tear. New mylar cover. Unpag., approx. 32pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Picture Book. ( more information)
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To Hell with Dying
Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. Catherine Deeter. Tape to book covers from where DJ flaps were once taped to book. Back cover has tape removed which has caused some tearing to the surface paper. Dustjacket flaps have some tape residue, light paper tearing from tape removal. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. ISBN: 0-15-289075-0. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice, illustrated by Catherine Deeter
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. 1988. [32]p., 11.25x10.25 inches oblong, color illus. every other page, very good hardcover reprint, dj. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information)
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To Hell With Dying
Alice Walker; Illustrator-Catherine Deeter
Harcourt, 1988-04. School & Library Binding. Fine/Near Fine. 4to; Stated First Edition with letter line A B C D E; Illustrated by Catherine Deeter; Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped DJ. Secure packaging in a box. Book is square, clean and tight, bright pages with no markings to text, ends of spine and corners lightly bumped. DJ has price of $13.95 on the flap, light bumping to spine ends, and corners, when held in the light a few thin light scratches are reflected on the front, has light edgewear and shelfwear. Not X Library book, no remainder mark. A beautiful Copy. ( more information)
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TO HELL WITH DYING (CHILDRENS)
Walker, Alice
San Diego, Ca: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988 Fine in fine dust jacket with a small name to the front free endpaper.. 1st. Illus. by Catherine Deeter. ( more information)
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Deeter, Walker
New York: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. EX-LIBRARY EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. MAROON HALF-CLOTH COVER, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT STAMPED "DISCARD" WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. FRONT END SHEET TORN OUT. ( more information)
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To Hell With Dying
Walker, Alice
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Childrens Books. 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Pages not numbered. Interior clean and bright; previous owners name written on inside front paste-down endpaper. Binding tight, spine straight, dust jacket has a couple of small nicks and tears. ( more information)
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To Hell with Dying
Walker, Alice
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Deeter, Catherine . ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. . First printing. . Fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped.) . Walker's first book for children, beautifully illustrated in full color by Catherine Deeter. Large format, unpaginated. ( more information)
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To Hell With Dying
Walker, Alice
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket. Oblong 4to. Second printing. Book is in fine condition, as is jacket. A beautiful book; richly illustrated by Catherine Deeter. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. Unpaginated. ( more information)
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To Hell With Dying
Walker, Alice with illustrations by Catherine Deeter
New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Alice Walker on the title page. A beautiful copy, Fine in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. ***FREE tracking number on domestic shipments*** ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1988.. 1st. Hardcover. F/F. 1st ed. 1st ptg., square 4to picture book, cloth backed boards with color paintings by Catherine Deeter. light sunning to back of jacket else near fine in near fine, unclipped dj. ( more information)
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WALKER, Alice
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988. First edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Catherine Deeter. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. NY 1988. 1st Ed. in DJ. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter. F/F. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice (SIGNED)
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego and New York/ copyright 1988. SIGNED by Alice Walker on a bookstore's bookplate at front of book. Color illustrations by Catherine Deeter. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dj.. Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
San Diego, California: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Pub., 1988. Light rubs at lower edges of boards and hint of rubs at corners. DJ with rubs at corners and ends of spine panel and light surface scratches. No price on DJ, all corners intact. Signed by Alice Walker on title page. Illus. in color.. Signed by Author. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Catherine Deeter. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall; Oblong. ( more information)
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Walker, Alcie
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace. Fine/Fine. 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0-15-289075-0 Signed by Author First Edition Signed by Alice Walker. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. . First printing. . SIGNED by Walker on the title page. Fine in a near fine dustjacket (rem dot bottom edge, little creasing to the bottom edge of the dj.) . Walker's first book for children, beautifully illustrated in full color by Catherine Deeter. ( more information)
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Walker, Alice; Deeter, Catherine
Signed on dedication page by Alice Walker. Dustjacket has light soil and wear. Nice first print. Glass case. ( more information)
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