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Here There Be Dragons
by Yolen, Jane
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0152098887
- ISBN 13
- 9780152098889
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by David Wilgus. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. Square small quarto, black cloth spine over plum colored paper covered boards. 149 pp. Illustrated with full page pencil drawings of eerie intensity by David Wilgus. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..
Synopsis
In Here There Be Dragons, dragons appear in every guise--ghastly, ghoulish, gentle, gargantuan--always endowed with the author’s ingenious touches. Each piece is introduced with the fascinating, and often revealing, story of its making and is illustrated with the intricate, moody pencil drawings of David Wilgus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09144
- Title
- Here There Be Dragons
- Author
- Yolen, Jane
- Illustrator
- David Wilgus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0152098887
- ISBN 13
- 9780152098889
- Publisher
- Harcourt Childrens Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- YOLEN, CHILDREN, CHILDREN'S, BESTIARY, DRAGON, MYTH, MYTHICAL, LEGEND, LEGENDARY, ILLUSTRATED, WILGUS, STORIES, TRADITIONAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Quarto
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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