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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Juster, Norton
- Used
- very good
- First
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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About This Item
New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961. First edition. 8vo, 255, [1]pp., illustrations. Blue cloth stamped with white on front cover and spine, illustrated dust jacket. Very good book with some toning to text block, bookstore stamps to recto of ffep, and child's signature and date on Christmas in 1961 on verso. Jacket good with chipping along top edge and at heel. Tape repairs along the length of the top and bottom edges. Very good/Good. Jules Feiffer. Nice first edition of this classic fantasy story for children starring the "little boy named Milo, 'who didn't know what to do with himself.'" First state jacket has author photo to rear panel and retains the original price of $3.95.
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
- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4533
- Title
- The Phantom Tollbooth
- Author
- Juster, Norton
- Illustrator
- Jules Feiffer
- Format/binding
- 8vo, 255, [1]pp., illustrations. Blue cloth stamped with white on front cover and spine, illustrated dust jacket. Very good book
- Book condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket condition
- Good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Epstein & Carroll
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
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- text block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book.... [More]
- ffep
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that... [More]
- heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- first state
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some... [More]
- verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
- chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or... [More]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]
- 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... [More]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in... [More]
- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf.... [More]
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