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When Violet Died
by Kantrowitz, Mildred
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0819304247
- ISBN 13
- 9780819304247
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Parents' Magazine Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0819304247 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine - dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners along with one semi-closed tear to the front panel. "The funeral is held on Saturday morning. Billy brings the box. Elizabeth brings a ribbon to tie around the box. She also brings her little brother, Danny. They were very dear and old friends of the bird." "In 1976, she (McCully) published a short story in The Massachusetts Review. It was selected for the O'Henry Collection: Best Short Stories of the Year. Two novels followed: A Craving in 1982, and Life Drawing in 1986. In 2012, McCully published Ballerina Swan with Holiday House Books for Young People, written by legendary prima ballerina Allegra Kent. It has received rave reviews from The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal. As an actor, she performed in Equity productions of Elizabeth Diggs’ Saint Florence at Capital Rep in Albany and The Vineyard Theater in New York City." .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A33502
- Title
- When Violet Died
- Author
- Kantrowitz, Mildred
- Illustrator
- Emily Arnold McCully
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0819304247
- ISBN 13
- 9780819304247
- Publisher
- Parents' Magazine Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 0819304247, Picture Book, Mildred Kantrowitz, Emily Arnold Mccully, funerals, Death, Death - fiction, Death & Burial, Death & Dying, Picture Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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