ONCE THERE WAS A TREE (RARE SIGNED, 1985 FIRST PRINTING) Museum Quality Drawings

SPIRIN, GENNADY (SIGNED), Illustrated by; ROMANOVA, NATALIA, Written by

ISBN 10: 0803702353 / ISBN 13: 9780803702356

Published by New York: Dial Books. 1985, First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED., 1985

About this Item

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY, VERY RARE SIGNED COPY. Spirin DJ unclipped; covered in mylar. Story: After a woodsman cuts down a broken tree, several creatures want to make the stump their home. Does the stump belong to the beetles, the ants, the bear, the man, or to everyone in the forest?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ONCE THERE WAS A TREE (RARE SIGNED, 1985 FIRST PRINTING) Museum Quality Drawings
• Publisher: New York: Dial Books. 1985, First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803702353
• ISBN 13: 9780803702356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Spirin, Gennady
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • SPIRIN, Gennady, Children's Illustrator

About this title

Synopsis

An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons.

About the Author

Gennady Spirin was born in 1948 in a small city near Moscow. A graduate of the Strogonov Academy of Fine Arts, he is noted for his beautiful illustrations, meticulously researched and exquisitely executed in pencil and watercolor. His work has brought him international renown as many awards, including the Gold Medal of the Society of Illustrators, the Golden Apple of the Bratislava International Biennale of children's book illustration, First Prize for Illustration at the Barcelona International Children's Book Fair, and the Premio Grafico at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. His book Gulliver's Adventures in Lilliput (retold by Ann Keay Beneduce) was chosen one of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review.

Gennady Spirin came to the United States in 1991 and now lives with his wife and their three sons in Princeton, New Jersey. copyright ? 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.