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KUSHNER, DONN Book Dragon
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771595158. Illustrated by Nancy Ruth Jackson. A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Light edge wear; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages; follows the life of a dragon, Nonesuch, from his birth during the Dark Ages up until the present day. Nonesuch survives the changes of history (the War of the Roses, the great fire of London, etc.) by becoming as small as a large insect. He forsakes his family treasure of goldthough his dragon nature demands that he guard somethingand finds treasure of his own: a Book of Hours lovingly illuminated by a monk during Nonesuch's youth near the end of the Middle Ages. He learns to read from a rat during the Black Plague. Centuries later, Nonesuch and his book are in the New World. (Pub. Weekly). Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .
Offered for US$ 13.50 by: Ainsworth Books - Book number: 12276
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