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Dragon, Dragon and Other Tales: Available Copies

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

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Hardbound 9.25 inches tall by 6.75 inches wide 73 pages. Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Charles Shields. ''Four fairy tales featuring a dragon, a giant, a cunning mule, and a little chimney-girl.'' The tales are: Dragon, Dragon; The Tailor and the Giant; The Miller's Mule; and The Last Piece of Light. BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with navy blue cloth at the spine; embossed owner's seal on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket. ISBN: 0-394-83122-5

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26

Bottom corner has been exposed to moisture, resulting in wavy paper which seldom reaches the text, so still an okay reading copy. Jacket has been exposed to more moisture, so that almost all of the jacket is wavy, plus lots of edgewear, nicks, creases, and little pieces missing.

Book has considerable wear. Tanning inside both front back covers. No highlighting or underlining. Foxing on one or more of the fore-edges. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardback. No Dustjacket. Reading Copy Only. Ex-Library with the usual faults, card pocket, ink stamps, etc. Tight sound copy with heavy wear.

Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy in reprint state, having been issued first in 1962 in a stapled sheets format. Clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in two-tone, light blue cloth over boards, blue cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn at spine, else front and rear panels quite fine, protected by a plastic coat. Fanciful illustrations by Charles Shields greatly augment this fine collection for juvenile audiences of some of the themes of fantasy and dragons for which Gardner came later to be known. 73 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Creases and small tears to the edges of the DJ. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/Kids Vintage

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.72

New York. 1975. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good.in Worn Dustjacket With Tears & Pieces Missing. 0394831225. Illustrated by Charles Shields. 75 pages. hardcover. Cover illustration By Charles Shields. keywords: American Literature Children's Books. DESCRIPTION - In this, his first collection of tales for young readers, John Gardner's stunning and irreverent pen brings to the fairy tale a slyly humorous, contemporary flare. Here, in the best tradition of the classic tales, princes, witches, dragons and giants play their age-old mysterious games against a background of magic forests and haunted castles. Yet here, all the mysteries, however ancient, are made new. Thus in the story which gives the title to this book, a loving old father's ridiculous advice proves sounder than logic or common sense. In 'The Tailor and the Giant,' a cowardly tailor and an army of brave soldiers discover that they have more in common than you might think. And while 'The Miller's Mule' reveals that it is sometimes helpful to have a villain around - or even two or three - 'The Last Piece of Light' makes it clear that a brave though scatterbrained chimney-sweep can - despite herself - save a handsome prince in distress and rescue the whole world from darkness. Here then are four splendid fairy tales full of wonder and suspense - a surprising new addition to a timeless tradition. inventory #13263 Very Good.in Worn Dustjacket With Tears & Pieces Missing

dust jacket has edge wear, creasing, small tears, rubbing, scuffing, a few small scratches. sun fading on exterior edges of boards. text is unmarked. binding tight.

dust jacket has edge wear, creasing, small tears, rubbing, scuffing, a few small scratches. sun fading on exterior edges of boards. text is unmarked. binding tight.

Prompt Shipment, in Boxes, Tracking First Editions are First Printings. . sm8vo; 81 pages; goodt rade paperback; tanning to pages and some to cover; tips bumped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking

73 pages

LIGHT CHIPPING TOP AND BOTTOM OF JACKET ON SPINE LIGHT WEAR AROUND JACKET EDGES A SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT BOOK BOOK ITSELF IS LIKE NEW AUTHORS FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND THIS IS A VERY NICE COPY

Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 0.2

Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.2

73 pgs. One of Gardner's children's books, telling classic tales of witches, princes, and dragons. A somewhat scarce book in his canon, this example being a very good copy in a clean dust jacket, which is not price-marked or clipped (with no signs of it being a BC printing). Illus. by Charles Shields. Blue cloth binding has a hint of earlier damp-staining along front edge, no traces show after the pastedown. Jacketed in archival mylar. Very good condition in very good dust jacket.

Prompt Shipment, in Boxes, Tracking First Editions are First Printings. . Good copy with clean pages. Minor tear to front cover. Inside front cover little stained. Minor stains to cover. Sm8vo. 81 pages.

First Edition, Octavo, half navy cloth over blue blindstamped paper boards, gilt lettering on spine. Gardner's first collection of fairy tales for a juvenile audiences, illustrated throughout in black and white by Charles Sheilds. Near fine in very good dust jacket, light wear.

Very Good in a Very Good- price clipped dust jacket. Tears and creases to jacket edges. ; 9 X 6.70 X 0.70 inches; 73 pages.