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SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON: A Golden Legend Adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene
by Hodges, Margaret
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316367893
- ISBN 13
- 9780316367899
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the 1985 Caldecott Medal "for the most distinguished American picture book for children." Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land. Illustrated in full color by Trina Schart Hyman. Oblong quarto. Original tan paper-covered boards over a rust cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with just a hint of edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74945
- Title
- SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON: A Golden Legend Adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene
- Author
- Hodges, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316367893
- ISBN 13
- 9780316367899
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Caldecott Medal
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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