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Oink
by GEISERT, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0395553296
- ISBN 13
- 9780395553299
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Hardcover. Wide 12mo. Blue cloth spine with copper lettering and green paper over boards with copper decoration, pictorial dust jacket. [30pp]. Extensive full-page partly-color illustrations. Fine/very good. Mildest of jacket edgewear. Quite tight and lovely first edition of this quaint pig's tale told cleverly through color etchings and one-word dialogue. Boldly signed and inscribed by Geisert in black ballpoint on title page: "To Bud & Joan / Arthur Geisert / 5/4/91." An extraordinary showcase of the art of etching.
Synopsis
Eight mischievous piglets are off on another adventure, this time to raid a corn field for a tasty snack. When Mama pig's angry cries interrupt their fun, the rambunctious octet scampers away through the countryside, with Mama chasing closely behind.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43966
- Title
- Oink
- Author
- GEISERT, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395553296
- ISBN 13
- 9780395553299
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Children's; Art;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
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- Tight
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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