Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
by Johnson, D.B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0395968674
- ISBN 13
- 9780395968673
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company., 2000 First edition hardcover in glossy illustrated boards with dust jacket. Winner of the 2000 Boston Globe/Hornbook Award for Best Picture Book, Society of Illustrators Silver Medal and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award among other honors. Tiny bump to foredge of front board. Jacket is price clipped with some rippling due to faulty Brodart protector (this will dissapear over time). Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN, this wonderfully appealing story follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. When the two agree to meet one evening in Fitchburg, which is thirty miles away, each decides to get there in his own way and have surprisingly different days.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Jackson (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44008
- Title
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
- Author
- Johnson, D.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395968674
- ISBN 13
- 9780395968673
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS AND JUVENILE BG4-4 middle
Terms of Sale
Ken Jackson
Any book may be returned for any reason. If not as described we will pay shipping both ways.
About the Seller
Ken Jackson
Biblio member since 2005
Calgary, Alberta
About Ken Jackson
We are a family business and have been involved in books since 1971.
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