Ox-Cart Man
by Hall, Donald
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670533289
- ISBN 13
- 9780670533282
- Seller
-
Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Viking Press, 1979. Hard. Fine. Cooney, Barbara. First Printing with bookplate signed by Barbara Cooney laid in. Cloth backed decorative boards. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped jacket. 1980 Caldecott Medal winner for outstanding illustration + New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. No medal on jacket.
Synopsis
Ox-Cart Man is the title of a 1979 book written by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. It won the 1980 Caldecott Medal. The book deals with an 18th century farming family that uses an ox-cart to take their goods to market, where they make the money to buy the things they need. Ox-Cart Man was originally published in an October 3, 1977 edition of The New Yorker as a Donald Hall poem.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Smarty Pants (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92938
- Title
- Ox-Cart Man
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Illustrator
- Cooney, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0670533289
- ISBN 13
- 9780670533282
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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About the Seller
Smarty Pants
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Ardmore, Pennsylvania
About Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants specializes in collectible, vintage (mid-20th century) children's picture books and books about art.
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