Chronicles the adventures of the unusual Figg family after they left show business and settled in the town of Pineapple.
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Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time. Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City.
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Seller: John Wielinski, Noblesville, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. x-lib still very nice , one stamp on copyright page and sticker at base of jacket spine . Seller Inventory # 001648
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Newbery Honor Book. Stated first edition. Trace foxing on edges, else very good in a very good (small chip on rear panel, age toning) dust jacket with no Newbery emblem.; 154 pages. Seller Inventory # 72551
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Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Later Printing. Inscribed by Raskin: Dated Dallas 1979, in green ink. A nice third printing. Tiny nicking at head of jacket spine. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 045837
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1974. Vi, 152 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Ellen Raskin on the FFEP. Third Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. While Mona hates all the attention her eccentric relatives bring to her in town, there is one Figg family member she likes: her Uncle Florence, the book dealer. But Uncle Florence keeps hinting that he's going to find his way to Capri, the Figg family heaven. And that means leaving Mona behind. Can Mona find Capri before it's too late, or will she learn that things are seldom what they seem when books are involved? E-190; 9.4 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 152 pages. Seller Inventory # 60042
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