The Three Pigs
by Wiesner, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618007016
- ISBN 13
- 9780618007011
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Book. Illus. by The Author. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Oblong octavo. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Winner of the 2002 Caldecott Medal. A delightful re-telling of the Three Little Pigs fairy tale, this one seeing the wolf huffing and puffing in his usual fashion, but succeeding only in blowing the pigs right out of the story and into another world altogether. Grey boards w/embossed three pigs illustration, deep burgundy cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, unpaginated. Gentle edge bumps, in price-clipped dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012837
- Title
- The Three Pigs
- Author
- Wiesner, David
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0618007016
- ISBN 13
- 9780618007011
- Publisher
- Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- Oblong octavo
- Keywords
- CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS, PIGS, FAIRY TALES, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, COLLECTIBLES
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