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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
de Katherine Paterson
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Lodestar Books Dutton, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Leo & Diane Dillon. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on title page. Stated First Edition. First printing with full number line. Dust jacket rubbed along top edge of front flap, else fine; not price clipped; in a clear archival sleeve. [36] pages. 10.8 x 8.25 inches. A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the ducks for their colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks. Katherine Paterson (b. 1932) is an American writer of children's novels and picture books. She has won two Newbery Medals, two National Book Awards, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team of Leo and Diane Dillon with brilliant watercolor and pastel paintings in the style of eighteenth-century Japanese woodcuts.
Sinopsis
Wrtitten by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson with painting by Caldecott winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon A beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird's magnificent plumage. But the wild creature pines for his mate. When Yasuko, the kitchen maid, releases the bird against her lord's command, she and the one-eyed servant, Shozo, are sentenced to death. The grateful bird intends to return their kindness, but can he outsmart the cruel lord? Winner of the Boston Globe /Horn Book Award for Illustration, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 013580
- Título
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
- Autor
- Katherine Paterson
- Ilustrador
- Leo & Diane Dillon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Lodestar Books Dutton
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1990
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, the Dillons, Leo and Diane Dillon, children's, illustrated, picture book,
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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