THE IRON GIANT.
by HUGHES**, TED:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near FINE./No dw/dj,as issued,card wraps.
- ISBN 10
- 0571205739
- ISBN 13
- 9780571205738
- Seller
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About This Item
UK,12mo p/back original,p/back 1st edn thus.[Original illustrated edition published 1985,this promotional,film tie-in edition 1999.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued - card wraps.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated card covers; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - no creases to spine/ backstrip,an unread copy.UK,12mo p/back original,p/back 1st edn,11- 62pp [paginated] includes 5 chapters,b/w woodcut-style illustrations by Andrew Davidson,throughout both the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table and 2pp blanks to rear. A clanking giant topples from a cliff and lies smashed on the rocks below.Then his various parts begin to stir and reach out for each other. The Iron Man is ready to walk again,and he is very hungry. . . . This is the original version of Ted Hughes's best-loved children's story, 'The Iron Man',now adapted into a major film from Warner Bros. Uncommon in such a good grade as this. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
Synopsis
Ted Hughes, late poet laureate of England, was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, in 1930. After attending Cambridge University, he went on to become a well-known poet, novelist, and essayist with dozens of books to his credit. His last work, Birthday Letters , a poetry collection chronicling his relationship with American poet Sylvia Plath, was published shortly before his death in 1998 at the age of 68.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja30768
- Title
- THE IRON GIANT.
- Author
- HUGHES**, TED:
- Illustrator
- illus by Andrew Davidson.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj,as issued,card wraps.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,12mo paperback original,p/b 1st edn.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571205739
- ISBN 13
- 9780571205738
- Publisher
- LONDON.FABER & FABER,1999.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- March 31, 2000
- Keywords
- *q52*.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,12mo,p/back original,p/b 1st edn thus.ISBN 0571205739.Film tie-in_books_novels_fiction.The Iron Man.WARNER BROS films_cartoons-animation.Books illus by Andrew Davidson.Modern Fairy Tales.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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