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The Wreck of the Zephyr (SIGNED with a DRAWING)
by Van Allsburg, Chris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395330750
- ISBN 13
- 9780395330753
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Clarion Books. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; Third Printing. Hard Cover. 0395330750 . SIGNED and inscribed by Chris Van Allsburg with a large drawing of the sailboat on the front endpaper. ; The book is in excellent condition, tight, clean and crisp. Dustjacket shows wear with a long tear to top at rear, however, the jacket looks Very Good in the new Mylar cover that now protect it. No previous owner's inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 11.75 X 0.5 X 9.25 inches; Signed by Author & Illustrator .
Synopsis
At the edge of a cliff lies the wreck of a small sailboat. How did it get there? "Waves carried it up in a storm," says an old sailor. But is it possible that waves could ever get that high? There is another story -- the story of a boy and his obsessive desire to be the greatest sailor, the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat to a place where boats glide like gulls high above the water and not upon it. Chris Van Allsburg tells that story of the boy and his boat, the Zephyr, in words and haunting, full-color pastel paintings. His sailboats sail the night sky with the stars in pictures so vivid that the reader can almost hear the wind in the sails. Here is a work of unusual artistry that will enchant readers of all ages for many years to come.
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- Bookseller
- Eliabooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31353
- Title
- The Wreck of the Zephyr (SIGNED with a DRAWING)
- Author
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395330750
- ISBN 13
- 9780395330753
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0395330750
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