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WHEN BIRDS COULD TALK & BATS COULD SING
by Moser, Barry; Hamilton, Virginia
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0590473727
- ISBN 13
- 9780590473729
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1996. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this collection of stories about Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, Miss Bat, and more, based on stories told by enslaved people in the American South. Barry Moser has illustrated over 300 titles, from beloved children's works old and new to pinnacles of English literature. He is an artist of many talents, working with paint and woodblocks, as well as the arts of printmaking and book design. Moser earned the National Book Award in 1983, and numerous other accolades over the course of his dynamic career. 12'' x 8''. Original cloth-backed red boards. Original unclipped ($17.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 66 pages. Inscribed by Hamilton "For Dorothy Evans" to title page. Jacket with mild edgewear. Binding with a hinto of bumping to corners and spine ends. Clean.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48492
- Title
- WHEN BIRDS COULD TALK & BATS COULD SING
- Author
- Moser, Barry; Hamilton, Virginia
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0590473727
- ISBN 13
- 9780590473729
- Publisher
- The Blue Sky Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,US American,Picture Book,African American subject,Mythology & Folklore
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Title Page
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