The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale
by San Souci, Robert D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.
- ISBN 10
- 0803712979
- ISBN 13
- 9780803712973
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dial Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.. 1997. Library edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0803712979 . Watercolor illustrations by the late Caldecott medalist Jerry Pinkney. Unpaginated. Bookplate signed by San Souci on front free endpaper. This version of a traditional African-American tale about a lazy Virginia sawmill owners son and the hired hand who teaches him some hard lessons. This book won the 1997 Aesop Prize from the American Folklore Society and made the annual list of the New York Times Best Illustrated Books ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48738
- Title
- The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale
- Author
- San Souci, Robert D
- Illustrator
- Jerry Pinkney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.
- Edition
- Library edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0803712979
- ISBN 13
- 9780803712973
- Publisher
- Dial Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0803712979, 1990s Children's Books, African American Folk Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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