THE MIAMI GIANT.
by YORINKS, ARTHUR:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./Minus dw/dj.
- ISBN 10
- 0062050680
- ISBN 13
- 9780062050687
- Seller
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About This Item
US,slim,square Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn, minus dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Maurice Sendak, illustrated bds; with with red+black lettering with immaculate plain yellow laid-paper eps,with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. US,slim,square Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,40pp [unpaginated] includes colour pictorial illustrated half-title page,double-page title page,12 double-page,11 single-page,full-colour illustrations by Maurice Sendak,hand-lettered text with extra text in text bubbles throughout,by Jeanyee Wong. See also, my book ID's rja278 - 'Little Bear' and rja629216 - 'Bears' for other Maurice Sendak illustrated edns. This is the story of Giuseppe Giaweeni who leaves Italy in his ship to look for China.Instead he ends up in Miami where he finds the Mishbookers,a lost tribe of dancing giants.He persuades Ted,one of the dancing giants, to return to Italy where he could make him a 'star'.But things don't turn out as he had planned; in fact it was a disaster. A beautifully illustrated book with text displayed as handwritten.A very funny and wonderfully illustrated book,with a touch of Jewish humour - a meshugana story! Maurice Bernard Sendak (b.1928) New York,USA.American illustrator, studied at Lafayette High School,subsequently working as a window-dresser and enjoying his first major success as an illustrator with Ruth Krauss's 'A Hole is to Dig' (1952).Best known for his 1963 picture book,'Where the Wild Things Are.' A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual item/ ephemera in SENDAK's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the SENDAK canon. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja31948
- Title
- THE MIAMI GIANT.
- Author
- YORINKS, ARTHUR:
- Illustrator
- illus by Maurice Sendak.**
- Format/Binding
- US,slim,square Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- Minus dw/dj.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- US,slim Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062050680
- ISBN 13
- 9780062050687
- Publisher
- USA,NY.MICHAEL DI CAPUA BOOKS/HARPER COLLINS,1995.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1995
- Keywords
- q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.US,slim,square Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0062050680.Children's Illustrated Fiction.Books illus by Maurice Sendak.US Illustrators.Books new,used,signed,rare.
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED;
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