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A Wish for WIngs That Work
by Breathed, Berkeley
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Tight clean beautiful copy, near fine but for the bottom front corner of cover slightly bumped./Price clipped dust jacket near fine. No tears. But back flap has a vertical crease.
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, 1991. Stated First Edition. Tight clean beautiful copy, near fine but for the bottom front corner of cover slightly bumped./Price clipped dust jacket near fine. No tears. But back flap has a vertical crease.. Berkeley Breathed. One of my all time favorites. Love this book and Berkeley Breathed is a genius. There once was a penguin named Opus who wanted to do the one thing that penguins can't do: fly.
Synopsis
A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story was a children's book by Berkeley Breathed that was published in 1991. It was made into an animated television special that same year. The story is 30 pages long, and contains large color pictures every other page, and small black and white ones over the writing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111
- Title
- A Wish for WIngs That Work
- Author
- Breathed, Berkeley
- Illustrator
- Berkeley Breathed
- Book Condition
- Used - Tight clean beautiful copy, near fine but for the bottom front corner of cover slightly bumped.
- Jacket Condition
- Price clipped dust jacket near fine. No tears. But back flap has a vertical crease.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1991
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frogtown Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2022
Toledo, Ohio
About Frogtown Books, Inc.
Online store with a selection of used, rare and out of print books, autographs and Hollywood memorabilia.
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