American Fairy Tales : From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories
by Philip, Neil, compiled by / illustrated by Michael McCurdy with an introduction by Alison Lurie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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West Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Hyperion, 1996. First edition. Fine bright red boards with gilt titles in like glossy dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Lovely match of McCurdy's illustrations and the author's from L. Frank Baum and Carl Sandburg to Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. First edition first printing with full number line
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- Bookseller
- Longhouse, Publishers and Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52231
- Title
- American Fairy Tales : From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories
- Author
- Philip, Neil, compiled by / illustrated by Michael McCurdy with an introduction by Alison Lurie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hyperion, 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
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Longhouse, Publishers and Booksellers
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West Brattleboro, Vermont
About Longhouse, Publishers and Booksellers
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
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- Number Line
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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