Behind the King's Kitchen A Roster of Rhyming Riddles
Language: English
Published by Wordsong, Honesdaale, Pennsylvania, 1992
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used

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Paper-covered boards, in dustjacket. A nice copy with firm binding and intact hinges. Crease in gutter at lower spine-end. Ink notation front pastedown, else no marks. Small bump lower front corner, else little wear. Unclipped dustjacket has some hardly-noticeable sunning along the edges, and a crease on the front flap, else little wear. Some of the dye from the cover has transferred to the inside of the jacket, but is not visible from outside.
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- Title
- Behind the King's Kitchen A Roster of Rhyming Riddles
- Author
- William Jay Smith and Carol Ra
- Publisher
- Wordsong, Honesdaale, Pennsylvania
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1563970244
- ISBN 13
- 9781563970245
- Illustrator
- Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Edition
- First printing (number line).
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Reviews
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
An attractive presentation of traditional and other riddles, chosen as much for their poetic quality as for their humor or the challenge of the puzzles; the thematic grouping would tend to suggest solutions even if the answers weren't given. What isn't provided is accessible sourcing; though a list of works like the Opies' volumes is appended, readers must guess, for example, what era described a watch as ``Beloved by men of degree.'' Only entries from known authors are specifically attributed; these include elegant literary translations from Symphosius (fourth century) by Richard Wilbur, nice oddments from Tolkien, Swenson, and Rossetti, and several--mostly doggerel--from the editors. Hnizdovsky's lovely, spare woodcuts, on most spreads, contribute to the handsome format but have little child appeal. Overall: pleasing but not essential. (Nonfiction. 8-12) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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