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Homer Price
by McCloskey, Robert
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No dj
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth, brown titles on spine & decoration on front board, 149 pp, a few dozen b & w drawings. Dye from cloth has bled from tail of spine onto nearby parts of endpapers, spine ends beginning to fray, boards somewhat soiled, otherwise very good. McCloskey's fascination with complicated gadgets is on display in his illustrations of Homer's desk, Michael Murphy's gigantic mouse trap, and an automatic dougnut-making machine.. The stories include one in which a pet skunk foils a robbery, one in which the doughnut machine won't stop, and one featuring a string-saving contest. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 16th ptg. . Fair/No dj. Illus. by the Author. 23½ X 17 cm.
Synopsis
Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder , McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer. He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000. You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHFI00042
- Title
- Homer Price
- Author
- McCloskey, Robert
- Illustrator
- the Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- 16th ptg
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 23½ X 17 cm
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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About the Seller
Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
We are mail-order sellers of used and out-of-print books, selling on the Web since 2000.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
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