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Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company,, NY:, 1958
ISBN 10: 0690185618ISBN 13: 9780690185614
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney (illustrator). Adapted from The Canterbury Tales. The 1959 Caldecott Medal Winner. A later printing. INSCRIBED by Barbara Cooney. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1958
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: very good, good. First Edition. 8" x 10.5", approx. 30, profusely illus. in color, DJ somewhat soiled, small chips to DJ edges. An adaptation of Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale" for children. This version is based on the translation by Robert Mayer Lumiansky (Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1948). The illustrations are richly colored, strong, and detailed, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts and the artist's observations of live chickens.