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A PEDDLER'S DREAM
by SHELFELMAN, Janice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0395609046
- ISBN 13
- 9780395609040
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Tom Shefelman detailed color illustrations. CONDITION: MIXED. INSCRIBED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR (WITH DRAWING) on front end page. Also a small gift inscription bottom of that page. As New 1992 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (tan & gold decorated boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. PROBLEM: DJ has very light loss of color on 2 letters on the dust jacket title. The color illustrations by Tom Shefelman are detailed and beautiful. CONTENT: When Solomon Joseph Azar immigrates to America from Lebanon in 1909, he brings with him ambition and the willingness to work. Though not without setbacks, he starts as a peddler and then works as a store clerk until he can return to Lebanon to marry his betrothed and bring her back to the U. S. They start a family and build their business. A fire at his store ruins the building but not his plans. Ultimately, Solomon fulfills his every wish. Detailed ink and full-color watercolor illustrations help convey a sense of time and place in this idealized story of the American Dream realized. Listed for Grades 1 - 3, but I think this is more in line with grades 5+.
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- Bookseller
- pacaritambo books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003328
- Title
- A PEDDLER'S DREAM
- Author
- SHELFELMAN, Janice
- Illustrator
- Tom Shefelman detailed color illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395609046
- ISBN 13
- 9780395609040
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 9780395609040, Texas Authors, Texas Illustrators, American success story, Immigrant success, Children's American stories, Intermediate readers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Children's Books: Historical Fiction; Children's Books: Educational; Children's Books: Intermediate Readers; Signed/Inscribed;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
pacaritambo books
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Austin, Texas
About pacaritambo books
pacaritambo books specializes in children's books, the Ancient Americas, Native America, & History.
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