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The Wreck of the Zephyr
by Van Allsburg, Chris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395330750
- ISBN 13
- 9780395330753
- Seller
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The Villages, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Van Allsburg, Chris. 1983, later printing. 8vo. 32 pp. Ages 6-10. Unclipped price corner. New protective mylar cover on jacket. Book has light rubbing. Jacket with rubbing, a small gutter gouge on front jacket, and spine head small creases. Beautiful pastel illustrations by the author of Jumanji and The Polar express, both of which received the Caldecott Medal. Synopsis: An old sailor tells an amazing story to the author of a young boy who considers himself the best sailor ever. Proud of his sailing feats, he wrecks his sailboat and ends up on an island where he gets special sails from a mysterious sailor. These sails enable him to fly above the water. Disaster strikes when he over estimates his ability to fly. The story has a surprising ending.
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- Bookseller
- D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121389
- Title
- The Wreck of the Zephyr
- Author
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Illustrator
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395330750
- ISBN 13
- 9780395330753
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 32
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- children, fiction, sailing, picture book, Action & Adventure, "Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Picture Books Ages 1-9;
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About the Seller
D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
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The Villages, Florida
About D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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