Abel's Island
by William Steig
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1978. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardcover in blue cloth. Fourth printing sgtated. Fine in crisp dust jacket with two tiny chips top edge of the front panel and a couple very shallow closed tears rear panel. 117 pp. Illustrated throughout with drawings by the author. Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world had always been secure and comfortable. One day, however, a storm with its furious floodwaters carries him off and dumps him on an unihabited island---from which he can't find a way home.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27439
- Title
- Abel's Island
- Author
- William Steig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- mice, mouse, children, artists, illustration, illustrators
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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- Jacket
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