The voyage of the 'Ludgate Hill' : travels with Robert Louis Stevenson
by WILLARD, Nancy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0152944648
- ISBN 13
- 9780152944643
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Alice and Martin Provensen. Nancy Willard tells in rollicking verse the very eventful (and real life) voyage of R.L. Stevenson aboard a cargo-carrying steamer from London Port to America. vg dj (price unclipped), soft blue boards with RLS monogram in gilt, pale beige cloth spine with bright gilt lettering, illustrated in colour throughout by ALICE and MARTIN PROVENSEN, near fine. 4to, (32pp).
Synopsis
“Both children and adults will be delighted with the humor that these illustrations display. . . . [This book] blends fact and imagination, provides a wonderful way to introduce speculation, one of the higher-order thinking skills. . . . Don’t pass this book up. It’s a sure winner!”-School Library Journal
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mad Hatter Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07D62
- Title
- The voyage of the 'Ludgate Hill' : travels with Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author
- WILLARD, Nancy
- Illustrator
- Alice and Martin Provensen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0152944648
- ISBN 13
- 9780152944643
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Children's & Young Adult, Picture Book, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Picture Books;
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