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Egg & Spoon
by Gregory Maguire
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0763672203
- ISBN 13
- 9780763672201
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2014. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/VG. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Gregory Maguire on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and good tips. Spine ends gently pushed. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($17.99) and Very Good. Wear to spine ends, corners, and back panel. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
An imaginative modern fairytale set in 1907 Tsarist Russia about two young girls (one rich and one poor) who swap identities.
Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar's army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg — a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age. When the two girls' lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs.
Synopsis
Gregory Maguire is the author of the incredibly popular books in the Wicked Years series, including Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which inspired the musical. He is also the author of several books for children, including What-the-Dickens, a New York Times bestseller. Gregory Maguire lives outside Boston.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2847
- Title
- Egg & Spoon
- Author
- Gregory Maguire
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0763672203
- ISBN 13
- 9780763672201
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Place of Publication
- Somerville, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2014
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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