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The Happy Prince
by Grodin, Elissa & Laura Stutzman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1585362646
- ISBN 13
- 9781585362646
- Seller
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Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition (?). First Printing; Hardcover. 1585362646 . Myths, Legends, Fairy and Folktales Series; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages; Hard cover is glazed covers. Has a purple spine with white lettering. DJ has slight rubbing, scuffing. Pages are clean and tight; not numbered; 48 pages. Wilde's stories are retold by Elissa Grodin. Beautiful, bright illustrations by Laura Stutzman. This fairy tale was originally published in 1888, by the great playwright, Oscar Wilde.' This book is about the friendship between a swallow and a statue of a Happy Prince. The Happy Prince truly was just that- happy- in life because he lead a sheltered existence. "My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness." This distinction foreshadows the story's intent to outline for us a deeper meaning in happiness. In life, the Prince was shielded from all misery. He passed, and was immortalized in the statue, which looked down upon the city'. .
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- Bookseller
- Pegasusbooks.biz
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9046
- Title
- The Happy Prince
- Author
- Grodin, Elissa & Laura Stutzman
- Illustrator
- Laura Stutzman
- Format/Binding
- First Printing; Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition (?)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1585362646
- ISBN 13
- 9781585362646
- Publisher
- Sleeping Bear Press
- Place of Publication
- Chelsea, MI
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 1585362646, Juvenile Literature;, Fair Tales;, Folk Lore;, Juvenile Fiction;, Irish Authors;, Children's Literature ;, Picture Books;, Juvenile Animal Stories;, Social History;
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
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- Jacket
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