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Lost and Found
by Jeffers, Oliver
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0007150369
- ISBN 13
- 9780007150366
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
HarperCollins Children's Books, London, 2005. Reprint. Softcover (with Flaps). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers. the text is illustrated and written by Oliver Jeffers, who also did the front cover illustration. Aqua and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The book has a French flaps. A small boy and to the door one night and finds a penguin on the doorstep. The penguin looked very sad, so the boy decides to take the penguin home to the South Pole. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated [30 pages].. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Illustrated; ISBN: 0007150369. ISBN/EAN: 9780007150366. Inventory No: 0115853. . 9780007150366
Synopsis
What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0115853
- Title
- Lost and Found
- Author
- Jeffers, Oliver
- Illustrator
- Oliver Jeffers
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (with Flaps)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007150369
- ISBN 13
- 9780007150366
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Children's Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Illustrated children's book, Oliver Jeffers – Illustrator, penguins, South Pole Children; Illustrated; Oliver Jeffers Unbranded ISBN: 0007150369 EAN: 9780007150366 Jeffers, Oliver Lost and Found
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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