Author: JOERNS, CONSUELO Title: The Midnight Castle
Description: New York: Lothrop Lee and Shepard, 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688020917. Illustrated by Consuelo Joerns. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name on the front endpaper. The price clipped dust jacket has some edge wear, rubbing, wrinkling and beginning nicking to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. "She was born on October 21, 1925, in Evanston, Illinois and was a wild, adventurous, free spirit, who was an eclectic reader and artist. She was raised in Chicago and went to Francis W. Parker School where she met her best friend Edward Gorey. She attended Mills College and then attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, again with Edward Gorey. During WWII, she worked as a civilian for the US armed forces in France. She had showings of her paintings in Nice and Cagnes-Sur-Mer, and later in Chicago and New York. After the war, she went to Guatemala where she had an ocelot as a pet. The ocelot would drape itself around her neck to go for “walks” with Connie. " (from the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home website). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: 0688020917 Youth Fiction Young Adult Illustrated Consuelo Joerns Consuelo Joerns Castles Castles Fantasy Young Adult
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40674
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