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Shhhhhh...... BANG:  A Whispering Book

Shhhhhh...... BANG: A Whispering Book

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Shhhhhh...... BANG: A Whispering Book

by Brown, Margaret Wise

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner address label on front free endpaper and further stamped on three pages, jacket toned
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NY: Harper and Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner address label on front free . endpaper and further stamped on three pages, jacket toned, edgeworn, lower . corner of front flap clipped.. 1943. Later Printing. Hardcover. Three-color illustrations by Robert De Veyrac. Black cloth spine with illustrated paper-covered boards. The utter opposite of the authors soothing bedtime classic, Goodnight Moon, this book features a gun-toting boy of about ten, whose jacket portrait is reminiscent of a Diane Arbus photo. He enters a sleepy town where everyone whispers. He enters a restaurant and is refused service because he wont whisper. After he kicks doors, shoots his gun, sets off a firecracker, and shouts, he is rewarded with a chicken dinner instead of a trip to jail. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller
Old Saratoga Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
52787
Title
Shhhhhh...... BANG: A Whispering Book
Author
Brown, Margaret Wise
Illustrator
Robert De Veyrac
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner address label on front free endpaper and further stamped on three pages, jacket toned
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Later Printing
Publisher
Harper and Row
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1943
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
1940s Children's Books
Bookseller catalogs
Children's Books;

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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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