The Gruffalo - Gift Edition ++++ A SUPERB SIGNED & SLIPCASED EDITION - SIGNED BY BOTH CONTRIBUTORS - FIRST PRINTING - INCLUDES A DOODLE BY MR SCHEFFLER - SCARCE THUS ++++
by Julia Donaldson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0230016219
- ISBN 13
- 9780230016217
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan. A beautiful, fine "Slipcased Gift Edition" - First Edition thus - First Printing - an elegant green hardback housed in a pictorial slipcase - no dustjacket (as issued) - very slight hint of shelfwear - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - "A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?" "A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws. "And so begins the story of a quick-witted mouse as he encounters a host of predators who seem to think he might make a tasty treat. As he ventures deeper into the deep dark wood, stumbling across a hungry fox, a not-so-wise owl, and a slimy snake, spinning ever-extraordinary yarns about the scary, scaly gruffalo, he quickly realises that the hungry beast he has been talking of isn't imaginary after all. A witty, sly little story that wrings giggles from the belly of the reader, The Gruffalo is both stylish and hilarious, simple in its execution, as it plays skilfully on a child's fears and then shows that even the most threatening of monsters are not always as scary as they seem. A combination of read-along-rhyme by Julia Donaldson and illustrations by Alex Sheffler which perfectly capture the atmosphere of the story, The Gruffalo is an excellent picture book for 3-5-year-olds to read along with their parents, and is certain to become something of a classic" - SIGNED BY BOTH CONTRIBUTORS & DOODLED BY MR SCHEFFLER - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2007.
Synopsis
A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo. . . .
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- Bookseller
- Zeitgeist Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005210
- Title
- The Gruffalo - Gift Edition ++++ A SUPERB SIGNED & SLIPCASED EDITION - SIGNED BY BOTH CONTRIBUTORS - FIRST PRINTING - INCLUDES A DOODLE BY MR SCHEFFLER - SCARCE THUS ++++
- Author
- Julia Donaldson
- Illustrator
- Axel Scheffler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0230016219
- ISBN 13
- 9780230016217
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- THE SMARTEST GIANT IN TOWN; JULIA DONALDSON; AXEL SCHEFFLER; GRUFFALO; CHILDREN'S BOOK; SIGNED; PICTURE BOOKS; RHYMING; STORYTELLING; ILLUSTRATED; ROOM ON BROOM; GRUFFALO'S CHILD; SNAIL & WHALE; A SQUASH SQUEEZE; MONKEY PUZZLE; STICK MAN; TABB
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