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Toning the Sweep
by Johnson, Angela
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0531054764
- ISBN 13
- 9780531054765
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Orchard Books, 1993. First Edition with full numberline Tucked into book is a signed and inscribed bookplate. It has not been fixed into the book; we'll leave that up to you. 8vo size hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket; 103 pages. From dust jacket: "The more she knows, the more the desert blooms with life for Emily, the more Martha Jackson and the 'aunts' mean, rolling around on the floor with laughter, the more the story of Grandmama Ola sweeps her up in a great hug of comfort. To understand and remember it, Emmie takes a camcorder in hand and tapes the people and places that are the desert for Ola, the friends who have become a part of her." Author Angela Johnson is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book award winner for a previous book. Jacket has light wear. Book appears unread. . Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007052
- Title
- Toning the Sweep
- Author
- Johnson, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0531054764
- ISBN 13
- 9780531054765
- Publisher
- Orchard Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Signed; First Edition; 1st Edition; Children; Juvenile; Grandmother; Cancer; Coretta Scott King Award Winner
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; First Editions; Childrens Fiction;
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