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My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: A Russian Folktale by Reyher, Becky; illustrated by Ruth Gannett - 1969

by Reyher, Becky; illustrated by Ruth Gannett

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My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: A Russian Folktale by Reyher, Becky; illustrated by Ruth Gannett - 1969

My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: A Russian Folktale

by Reyher, Becky; illustrated by Ruth Gannett

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Tenth printing, from 1969, of book first published in 1945. It went on to garner a Caldecott Honor medal the following year. Book is in Fine condition in orange cloth boards with title and picture in white. Unclipped dust jacket is unblemished. Vivid illustrations (both black-and-white and brilliant color) by Ruth Gannett. Pages are fresh and clean and binding is tight. Decorative endpapers. 8vo. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar. The book's happy ending proves an old Russian proverb: " We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them." The final page of the book has a drawn frame in which the reader can place a picture of their own mother.

  • Bookseller Warwick Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Jacket Condition Fine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1969
  • Keywords 1946 Caldecott Honor

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My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

by Becky Reyher

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9787559357267 / 7559357261
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Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House, 2020. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

by Becky Reyher

  • Used
  • good
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780688512514 / 0688512518
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HarperCollins Publishers, 1944. Library Binding. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

by Reyher, Becky

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - , book in very good condition
Jacket Condition
, dust-jacket has a few pieces chipped at very edges, generally clean, protected in plastic sleeve, in good+ condition
Edition
First UK Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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, approx 38 pages, with colour and black & white illustrations throughout, a Russian folktale retold by Becky Reyher, colour illustrated endpapers
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NZ$127.42