The Stranger
by Van Allsburg, Chris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395423317
- ISBN 13
- 9780395423318
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-184: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1986. Unpaginated (32 pgs). Illustrated with 14 full color drawings. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (scuff mark present to the rear panel of the DJ). Bound in blue cloth, gilt-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Another beautiful childrens book by Allsburg this one is about a mysterious stranger who changes the lives of a farmer and his family after he is hit by the farmer's truck and is taken to the famer's home to recover. E-184; 10.7 X 9.0 X 0.5 inches; 32 pages .
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
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58434
- Title
- The Stranger
- Author
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395423317
- ISBN 13
- 9780395423318
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- E-184
- Date Published
- 1986
Terms of Sale
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.