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I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
by Opie, Iona; Opie, Peter
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1564020460
- ISBN 13
- 9781564020468
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 1992. Book. Illus. by Maurice Sendak, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Fine First Edition, first printing with complete number line on copyright page, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Dark green boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean brown endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Wonderful color illustrations throughout by Maurice Sendak. 160 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
Synopsis
Iona and Peter Opie were married in 1943 and worked together for nearly forty years, studying and writing about children’s lore and literature until Peter’s death in 1982. Among their collaborations is The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes . Iona Opie lives in England. Maurice Sendak has created texts and illustrations for more than seventy books, which have sold millions of copies around the world. He has won numerous awards, including a Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are , and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his body of work. He lives in New England.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32564
- Title
- I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
- Author
- Opie, Iona; Opie, Peter
- Illustrator
- Maurice Sendak, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 1564020460
- ISBN 13
- 9781564020468
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S RHYMES, FICTION, VERSE, JUVENILE, MAURICE SENDAK ILLUSTRATIONS, FIRST EDITION, IONA OPIE, PETER OPIE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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- Jacket
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