BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A Visual Poem about China.
by Young, Ed (1933-2023)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket (as new but with a remainder line.)/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0811843432
- ISBN 13
- 9780811843430
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (2005.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new but with a remainder line.). First printing. A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50242
- Title
- BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A Visual Poem about China.
- Author
- Young, Ed (1933-2023)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0811843432
- ISBN 13
- 9780811843430
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books,
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco:
- Date Published
- (2005.)
- Keywords
- poetry, chinese, children's, illustrated,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian and Asian American;
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