The Great Wheadle Tragedy
by Alexander Theroux
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Godine, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stan Washburn. First Edition. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering; paste-on illustration on front cover. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket not price clipped ($4.95); in an archival mylar sleeve. [40] pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. One of Theroux's first two children's books. The Great Wheadle Tragedy and its companion book, The Schinocephalic Waif, appear to have been published simultaneously, being mutually plugged on their respective first edition dust jackets.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014005
- Title
- The Great Wheadle Tragedy
- Author
- Alexander Theroux
- Illustrator
- Stan Washburn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Stan Washburn,
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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