King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
by Henry, Marguerite
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Dennis, Wesley. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's book plate inside. 174 pages. 7 1/8""w x 9 3/4""h. Black and white illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Wear to red cloth cover. Pictorial endpapers. Ink marks and tears on dust jacket. Newbery Award winner.
Synopsis
King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a 1990 movie.
Reviews
On Dec 12 2009, Phone said:
KIng of the Wind is a great book about the Godolphin Arabian,Sham and horseboy,Agba.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 146158
- Title
- King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
- Author
- Henry, Marguerite
- Illustrator
- Dennis, Wesley
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Horse, racing, horse Racing, Arabian, Godolphin, Newbery Medal, Misty, Jockey
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S;
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...