Penelope, Peter, and Simon, after finding a two-voiced parcel, journey to Mythologia, where they meet all the legendary beasts as they strive to save the magical land from the gruesome, evil Cockatrices
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Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Johnson, Pamela (illustrator). First US Edition. G : in good condition with marked, chipped and edge-torn dust jacket in clear protective wrap. Cover rubbed and discoloured. Foxing to page edges. Spine lean. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 191pp. Seller Inventory # gdu40a
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Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Johnson, Pamela (illustrator). Stated First American Edition. Oversized Green cloth with orange lettering. Minor bump to head and heel of spine. Soil spot to lower edge of spine. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Wonderfully illustrated thoughout with drawings by Pamela Johnson. Clipped DJ shows rubbing to all edges, three strips of tape to reverse side of jacket along the top edge, light general soil. "The big brown parcel that washes up on the beach seems perfectly ordinary, that is, until it begins to speak and sing, and not in one voice but two! And the talking parcel is only the beginning of the amazing adventure of discovery that takes Penelope, Peter, and Simon from modern Greece to Mythologia, where flowers never die, where there are four different sunsets every day, and where all the famous (and infamous) mythological animals now live, ruled by absent-minded magician H.H. Junketberry." (from the jacket). Seller Inventory # C11817
Seller: Bibliobeast, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Johnson, Pamela (illustrator). First Edition In U. S. Fine, clean and tight, scarce first printing of Gerald Durrell's wonderful fantasy for the young adult reader. Sharp bright apple green cloth boards, spine stamped with orange titles, dusting of light speckles to the top text-edge, else fine, the vividly illustrated wrap-around pictorial dust jacket with price intact, light edgewear mostly at tips, two very tiny incipient closed tears to bottom edge of front panel. The author was widely known for his studies of animals, his work to protect them, and his many fine books. This charming, complex children's fantasy adventure is set in Mythologia; 'peopled' by the legendary beasts. This is a beautiful, collectible first printing protected in a new, clear Brodart cover. Seller Inventory # 1415