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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Oxford, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jules Feiffer. First UK edition hardback in Very Good condition with a like unclipped jacket. Red cloth boards, light edge and corner wear, clean, bump to upper rear edge, 256 pages, clean, binding tight and almost square. Jacket has minor edge wear, with the upper edges a little scuffed, light surface marks, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Free registered airmail worldwide.
Synopsis
The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and a modern fairy tale published in 1961, written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through. He finds himself in the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he accepts a quest to rescue the princesses of the kingdom, acquires two faithful companions, and has many adventures.
Reviews
On Apr 2 2013, Fireflower537 said:
This is one of my favorite books. It is a VERY funny and clever story about a journey through strange lands. The book is full of puns, wordplay and weirdness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009330
- Title
- The Phantom Tollbooth
- Author
- Norton Juster
- Illustrator
- Jules Feiffer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited
Biblio member since 2022
Oxford
About Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited
Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited is a small, family-owned business, based near Oxford, 50 km to the west of Christchurch, within the view of the Southern Alps.
We trade exclusively online, and are not open to visitors.
Our specialisms have grown from personal interests, so that we now offer a selection of antique maps and prints, and of rare and scarce books.
Our particular interests are in children's books, modern literature, and maps and prints of Australasia and the British Isles.
We also carry a significant stock of classic British comics from the period after World War One. This includes the Schoolboys Own Library, the Beano, the Dandy, and later titles which emerged during our childhood (the 1960s and 70s).
We trade exclusively online, and are not open to visitors.
Our specialisms have grown from personal interests, so that we now offer a selection of antique maps and prints, and of rare and scarce books.
Our particular interests are in children's books, modern literature, and maps and prints of Australasia and the British Isles.
We also carry a significant stock of classic British comics from the period after World War One. This includes the Schoolboys Own Library, the Beano, the Dandy, and later titles which emerged during our childhood (the 1960s and 70s).
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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