MANIAC MAGEE
by Spinelli, Jerry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Blue hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has Newbery Medal sticker on front, very clean, just enough wear to be Near Fine. 184 pages. Stated First Edition with 6th printing indicated by number line. Winner of the 1990 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for fiction and the 1991 Newbery Medal. Scarce signed edition. Inscribed on ffep = For James, Jerry Spinelli.. Illus. by Palmer, Carol - jacket photograph. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Maniac Magee is a young adult fiction novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills. He becomes a local legend for feats of athleticism and fearlessness, and his ignorance of sharp racial boundaries in the town.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013676
- Title
- MANIAC MAGEE
- Author
- Spinelli, Jerry
- Illustrator
- Palmer, Carol - jacket photograph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile - Fiction; Childrens - Award Winners; Author/Illustrator Signed Books;
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Deja Vu Books
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Deja Vu Books
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- First Edition
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- FFEP
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- Fine
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- Number Line
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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