Author: ROBBINS, RUTH
Title: Baboushka and the Three Kings Adapted from a Russian Folk Tale
Description: Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov. Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. (Likely second printing or possible 2nd state of a 1st printing) The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. Illustrated, grey cloth covered boards (the First Edition has illustrated paper covered boards) are in very clean, bright condition with some beginning rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked Christmas gift notation on the title page (neatly). The endpapers are illustrated. The dust jacket has been clipped on all four flap corners (at a very shallow angle) and the price is missing from the front corner flap. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks, rubbed spots and small chips missing. The dust jacket has some darkening / toning, especially to the spine and spine joints. There is NO Caldecott Medal on the dust jacket and no further printing information on the copyright page. This book received the Caldecott Medal for 1961. "Ruth Robbins is Professor of English Literature and head of the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities. Her work has focused on the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, on autobiography, on literary theory and on particular writers such as Oscar Wilde and Arnold Bennett. Ruth's research interests centre on the late-Victorian period in English literature, especially the literature of Decadence, and include the writings of Oscar Wilde, Arthur Symons and Vernon Lee - her book Pater to Forster, 1873-1924 (2003) deals with literature written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century period. Her recent book Oscar Wilde (2011) revisits her interests in the fin de siècle; additionally she is co-author of a book on the British Short Story (with Emma Liggins and Andrew Maunder, 2010)." (from Goodreads). Near Fine in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Ruth Robbins Nicolas Sidjakov Caldecott Medal Winner Russia Russian Folk Lore Russian Folk Tales Folk Lore
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Title: Baboushka and the Three Kings Adapted from a Russian Folk Tale
Description: Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov. Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. (Likely second printing or possible 2nd state of a 1st printing) The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. Illustrated, grey cloth covered boards (the First Edition has illustrated paper covered boards) are in very clean, bright condition with some beginning rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked Christmas gift notation on the title page (neatly). The endpapers are illustrated. The dust jacket has been clipped on all four flap corners (at a very shallow angle) and the price is missing from the front corner flap. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks, rubbed spots and small chips missing. The dust jacket has some darkening / toning, especially to the spine and spine joints. There is NO Caldecott Medal on the dust jacket and no further printing information on the copyright page. This book received the Caldecott Medal for 1961. "Ruth Robbins is Professor of English Literature and head of the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities. Her work has focused on the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, on autobiography, on literary theory and on particular writers such as Oscar Wilde and Arnold Bennett. Ruth's research interests centre on the late-Victorian period in English literature, especially the literature of Decadence, and include the writings of Oscar Wilde, Arthur Symons and Vernon Lee - her book Pater to Forster, 1873-1924 (2003) deals with literature written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century period. Her recent book Oscar Wilde (2011) revisits her interests in the fin de siècle; additionally she is co-author of a book on the British Short Story (with Emma Liggins and Andrew Maunder, 2010)." (from Goodreads). Near Fine in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Ruth Robbins Nicolas Sidjakov Caldecott Medal Winner Russia Russian Folk Lore Russian Folk Tales Folk Lore
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42348
- Book number: 42348
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