houghton mifflin company walter lorraine books boston (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company - Walter Lorraine Books, 2008. First edition, first printing, 2008. Glazed pictorial hardcover with matching dustjacket. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is unclipped [16.00[ and is also in fine condition with no chips or tears. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Number line beginning with 1. Date on title page. Fine, if not new hardback in fine, if not new dust jacket ($17.00). Appears to be signed and extra-illustrated in black ink by the author with what is likely a line-drawn self portrait. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Atwell, Debby (illustrator). A Good copy in a Good dust wrapper of a title in which "After burning their Thanksgiving dinner, Ann and Ed head for the local cafe, where they are welcomed by an immigrant family into an unusual celebration that gives everyone cause to be thankful." Wear tio dust wrapper with sunning, smudging, scratching, curling and the imprint of writing on the front. Dust wrapper is not price clipped. Illustrated boards are smudged and sunned. Author / Illustrator inscribed on the Title Page in black ink:"To Gary + Ann with love / Debby Atwell" Spotting to some pages. Pagination is not in sequence, with some pages having marks in black ballpoint, but all the pages are accounted for. 31 pages. Publisher description:"When Ed and Ann's turkey dinner burns, they think their Thanksgiving is ruined. But what appears to be a disaster becomes a blessing in disguise when Ed and Ann unknowingly intrude on an immigrant family's own Thanksgiving celebration at their new restaurant, "The New World Cafe". Once Grandmother silences her despairing family and invites the unexpected customers to join them, they all share an evening of friendship, good food, and lots of dancing--reminding everyone that Thanksgiving is about opening one's heart in welcome to the strangers who become friends and the disappointments that bring unexpected joys.""Description: 31 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.". Inscribed by Author(s).