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American Fairty Tales From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories
by Philip, Neil [ed.]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0786802073
- ISBN 13
- 9780786802074
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hyperion Books, 1996. Large slim quarto. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 159pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Preface by Alison Lurie. First edition, first printing, so stated on copyright page with the number line intact. An as new copy with no previous ownership marks, no remainder marks, no wear or soiling. A wonderful collection of American stories showcasing selections from such familiar favorites as Carl Sandburg "Rootabaga" stories and lesser known stories by such well known authors as Louisa May Alcott, Frank Stockton, and Howard Pyle. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Michael McCurdy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005162
- Title
- American Fairty Tales From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories
- Author
- Philip, Neil [ed.]
- Illustrator
- Michael McCurdy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0786802073
- ISBN 13
- 9780786802074
- Publisher
- Hyperion Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Fairy Tales, Americana, Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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