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Princess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man
by Wilkins, Mary E.; Greene, Ellin; Hyman, Trina Schart (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Hyman, Trina Schart. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1971 of this retelling by Ellin Greene (former Storytelling Specialist at the New York Public Library) of Mary E. Wilkins' 1892 tale, "The Pot of Gold."Hardcover 8vo has bright yellow cloth-covered boards lettered in black to spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright & unmarked save for old gift inscription (from a boy to his mother) in green pen to ffep. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges. The price-clipped DJ is VG-, with many small rubbed spots along edges, heaviest along spine & parallel to fore edge side of front cover; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022347
- Title
- Princess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man
- Author
- Wilkins, Mary E.; Greene, Ellin; Hyman, Trina Schart (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Hyman, Trina Schart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- PRINCESS KINGDOM FAIRY TALES POPCORN KIDNAPPED BABIES FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Children: Readers/ABCs/Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes;
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La Mesa, California
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- First Edition
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