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Call It Courage
by Sperry, Armstrong
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0027860302
- ISBN 13
- 9780027860306
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sperry, Armstrong. Winner of the 1941 Newbery Medal, this YA novel has never gone out of print since; this is a newer reprint (44th printing, with ISBN). It is the inspiring story of a 10-year-old Polynesian boy confronting a storm while abandoned on a desert island & how he summons the courage to survive. In 95 pages, with lovely duotone illustrations by the author throughout. This is a hardcover edition with deep blue cloth-covered boards & white/blue lettering to spine. It is in Fine condition: looks & feels Brand New! Completely clean, pages white, colors bright, binding strong & straight. NO writing/underlining/highlighting/coloring; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to slight rippling along top edge; NO fading or tears; protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Please see our 5 photos--they show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
Call It Courage (published as The Boy Who Was Afraid in the United Kingdom) is a book in English written and illustrated by Armstrong Sperry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018097
- Title
- Call It Courage
- Author
- Sperry, Armstrong
- Illustrator
- Sperry, Armstrong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0027860302
- ISBN 13
- 9780027860306
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BOYS DESERT ISLANDS DESERTED GODS POLYNESIAN SOUTH SEA ISLAND COURAGE SURVIVAL NEWBERY WINNER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
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- Fine
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