Arthur's New Power

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0690013701 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has two tears, one to the front spine joint, and another to the top front edge. Both tears have some wrinkling and rubbing. There is an inch long semi-closed tear to the top rear dust jacket cover. "In 1971, Hoban wrote a book employing concepts borrowed from "The Gift of the Magi", called Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, which further reached fans through a 1977 television special originally created for HBO by the Jim Henson Company. The book was illustrated by Lillian Hoban, whose drawn renditions of these characters were faithfully replicated by the Muppet creators. The story tells of a poor mother and son who do what they must to try to provide a special Christmas to one another, taking a route neither of them expected. His novel Turtle Diary (1975) was turned into a film version released in 1985, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter. " .