The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Camden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961. 2nd printing. hardcover. Very Good/Good. Jules Feiffer. 8vo, 1961 Epstein & Carroll, second printing, Very Good/Good, blue cloth hardcover with dust jacket, DJ is lightly edge worn and soiled, small holes in edge of rear fold line of DJ, map endpapers, text block edges lightly foxed, interior pages are clean, 256 pages
Synopsis
The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and a modern fairy tale published in 1961, written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through. He finds himself in the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he accepts a quest to rescue the princesses of the kingdom, acquires two faithful companions, and has many adventures.
Reviews
On Apr 2 2013, Fireflower537 said:
This is one of my favorite books. It is a VERY funny and clever story about a journey through strange lands. The book is full of puns, wordplay and weirdness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19501
- Title
- The Phantom Tollbooth
- Author
- Norton Juster
- Illustrator
- Jules Feiffer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd printing
- Publisher
- Epstein & Carroll
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
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About Stone Soup Books
Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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