Lon Po Po, A Red-Riding Hood Story From China - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Young, Ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399216197
- ISBN 13
- 9780399216190
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Philomel Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Laminated Boards. 0399216197 . First edition/first printing, bound in laminated boards with black and blue coloring, titles on spine in white, blue endpapers; pictorial dust-jacket, lettering in black and white with illustration by Ed Young. A Fine copy in alike dust-jacket; Winner of the 1990 Caldecott Medal, Young's illustrations for his translation of this Chinese folktale were inspired by his youth in China and an Eastern philosophy of painting: "A Chinese painting is often accompanied by words. They are complementary. There are things that words do that pictures never can, and likewise, there are images that words can never describe" (Ed Young) ; Color Illustrations; 4to ; [32] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29334
- Title
- Lon Po Po, A Red-Riding Hood Story From China - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Young, Ed
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Ed Young
- Format/Binding
- Laminated Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399216197
- ISBN 13
- 9780399216190
- Publisher
- Philomel Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Collectible Out-of-print Rare, Literature Picture Book, Chinese Art Folklore Legends, Fable Fairy Tale Family Multicultural
- Bookseller catalogs
- Awarded Illustrators; Awarded Books / Caldecott Medal;
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