The Stranger
by Van Allsburg, Chris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good
- Seller
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AURORA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good +/very good. Former owner's name sticker on ffep. Crisp and clean. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering and decoration on the front. Orange endpapers. Jacket has light edgewear. A mysterious stranger's power over the changing seasons is the theme for this magical story, filled with Allsburg's rich full-color illustrations.
Synopsis
The enigmatic origins of the stranger that Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the weather. Could he be Jack Frost?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Aurora (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12450
- Title
- The Stranger
- Author
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1986
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About the Seller
Books of Aurora
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AURORA, Ohio
About Books of Aurora
Selling books since 1978. Member of ABA, GLBA, NOBS and ABC.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- FFEP
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- Crisp
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- Jacket
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