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Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
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CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; ex-lib few marks (labels removed, one stamp) ; straight, all pages flat and clean; in nice jacket; unclipped,13.95. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. Jaime's father's company has offered him a better job in New York and the family decides to move from the Dominican Republic. Jaime's great-uncle gives him a magic conch shell, which sometimes sings the sounds of a loved place far away. How a young child comes to feel at home in both cultures over that first year. Lovely artwork. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Rudy Gutierrez, illustrator. Seller Inventory # 18384
Title: The Magic Shell.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. , stated 1st printing; grey boards with gold shell, peach endpapers, in jacket with Jaime looking out over his New York neighborhood from the apartment window, 8vo; 90 pp., New York
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: /Rudy Gutierrez, illustrator.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition