Princess and Curdie, The
by MacDonald, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Macmillan Company, 1964. 240 pages. Inside pages tightly bound.. The first 20 pages have a light discoloration in the outside margin corner. No price on Dust jacket except for 76175 which is also on back cover of book. Book club edition? DJ has many tears along edges From the DJ flap...Curdie was a little boy who worked in the mines with his father, but when he was chosen by a beautiful mysterious fairy to save the King and the Princess, his whole life changed. Curdie was endowed with magic gifts for reading character, and the story of how this helped him in his mission makes a fairy tale that all children love. George MacDonald was a visionary, and this story, like all his books, has a quality of spiritual allegory as well as an appealing narrative of courage and unusual characters.. Second Printing. Dust Jacketed Hardcover. Good/Fair. Illus. by illustrations by Nora S. Unwin.
Synopsis
Curdie was the son of Peter the miner. He lived with his father and mother in a cottage built on a mountain, and he worked with his father inside the mountain.
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- Seller
- B is for Book (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 30002964
- Title
- Princess and Curdie, The
- Author
- MacDonald, George
- Illustrator
- illustrations by Nora S. Unwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Juvenile
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