THE SWAN MAIDEN
by Pyle, Howard (illus By Robert Sauber)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Holiday House, 1994. Purple colored boards with maroon cloth spine clean, square and tight. DJ has some minor shelfwear, slight wrinkling top of covers. Gorgeous illustrations fill this beautifully designed edition of Pyle's most endearing, romantic tale about a king with a golden pear tree who finds one missing and sends his three sons out to find the thief. The youngest finds a beautiful swan maiden has taken it, and then falls in love with her. To marry her, he must meet the witch with three eyes and perform three seemingly impossible tasks.. Illus. by Sauber, Robert. 4to - Oblong. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06340
- Title
- THE SWAN MAIDEN
- Author
- Pyle, Howard (illus By Robert Sauber)
- Illustrator
- Sauber, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 4to - Oblong
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Picture Books/Favorite Illustrators;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Cloth
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