Rotten Island
by William Steg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0888990294
- ISBN 13
- 9780888990297
- Seller
-
cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, ON, Canada: Groundwood Books, 1984, 1984. HC and DJ. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4. ISBN:0-88899-029-4. Believe to be the Revised Edition of "The Bad Island: New York", a Windmill book, first published in 1969. William Steig (born 1907) is best know perhaps , as a witty, somewhat satirical cartoonist; often appearing in the New Yorker. He did however, write and illustrate several marvelous children's books. The full-colour illustrations are spectacular; the prose is equally resplendent with references (volcanoes that belched fire and smoke, spewed hot lave, and spat poison arrows and double-headed toads."_ Children who love "Where the Wild Things Ar e" by Sendak, will probably relish the horrid creatures in this book. A book children under the age of 6 may have difficulty understanding - although they might like the illustrations! Our copy has a dust jacket with a few superficial scratches. One tear on rear. Very clean. Bright orange paper on boards binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Near-new condition. Inscription (Happy birthday, n ames aand date) on endpaper. Endpapers otherwise clean and bright. Very bottom of some pages have light evidence of moisture stain. Entire book is tight. New mylar protector. A lovely copy of this daz zling children's book. Overall cond: good- v. good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002699
- Title
- Rotten Island
- Author
- William Steg
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0888990294
- ISBN 13
- 9780888990297
- Publisher
- Toronto, ON, Canada: Groundwood Books, 1984
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- WILLIAM STEG 0-88899-029-4 CHILDREN'S LIT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Lit;
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
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cremona, Alberta
About Ghost River Books
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- Gilt
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- New
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- A.N.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.