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The Wreck of the Zephyr
by Van Allsburg, Chris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0395330750
- ISBN 13
- 9780395330753
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good +. SIGNED. Slim oblong quarto [23.5 cm x 30 cm]. Maroon cloth over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine; gilt illustration of a ship (The Zephyr) on front board. In a dust jacket with mild rubbing, chipping, and two small, closed tears. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. He has also included a small sketch of The Zephyr.
Chris Van Allsburg has been the recipient of numerous awards, including two Caldecott Medals for The Polar Express and Jumanji.
Chris Van Allsburg has been the recipient of numerous awards, including two Caldecott Medals for The Polar Express and Jumanji.
Synopsis
At the edge of a cliff lies the wreck of a small sailboat. How did it get there? "Waves carried it up in a storm," says an old sailor. But is it possible that waves could ever get that high? There is another story -- the story of a boy and his obsessive desire to be the greatest sailor, the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat to a place where boats glide like gulls high above the water and not upon it. Chris Van Allsburg tells that story of the boy and his boat, the Zephyr, in words and haunting, full-color pastel paintings. His sailboats sail the night sky with the stars in pictures so vivid that the reader can almost hear the wind in the sails. Here is a work of unusual artistry that will enchant readers of all ages for many years to come.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64709
- Title
- The Wreck of the Zephyr
- Author
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395330750
- ISBN 13
- 9780395330753
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- patcat; signed; first edition; Chris Van Allsburg; children's books; xmas23; 36xm!
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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