A PRAIRIE BOY'S WINTER
by Kurelek, William
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Houghton MIfflin Company, 1973. Blue hardcover cloth binding and interior clean, square and tight. No writing, tears, or marks. DJ not price clipped, light soiling and rubbing along edges, but displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. William and his family are poor and winter is long and cold. He has many chores to do, but he and his friends also plays games. Author/illustrator, whose paintings hang in major galleries in the US and Canada, has told the story of his own childhood in simple text and 20 magnificent full-color paintings.. Illus. by Kurelek, William. 8vo - Square. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good.
Synopsis
Text and twenty color paintings depict the rigors and simple pleasures during the stark 1930s.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013375
- Title
- A PRAIRIE BOY'S WINTER
- Author
- Kurelek, William
- Illustrator
- Kurelek, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton MIfflin Company
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - Square
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Picture Books/Favorite Illustrators;
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