Rootabaga Stories Part Two
by Sandburg, Carl
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 015269062X
- ISBN 13
- 9780152690625
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Diego: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1989. Michael Hague's (illustrator) inked signature and inscription on half title page. First Edition; Light brown end pages, bright and tight textblock. All page edges are crisp and sound. Blue cloth spine, blue paper boards. Price clipped dust jacket, taped head of spine, light creasing to foot of spine and to corners, mylar sleeved. 179pp.. Signed & Inscribed By Michael Hague. First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Michael Hague. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
This second volume of unique fairy tales includes stories originally published in 1923. Each reflects the warmth of a midwestern childhood, a zest for life, and a love of the American language that has never been equaled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB11912
- Title
- Rootabaga Stories Part Two
- Author
- Sandburg, Carl
- Illustrator
- Michael Hague
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 015269062X
- ISBN 13
- 9780152690625
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Children's Stories, Childrens American Stories, Short Stories, Fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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