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In order to keep the old king's heart beating until the doctor returns with a special potion, various animals take turns in telling stories that are so interesting that the king longs to hear more.
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'...the best book of all for this age [7+]...' --The Times
'A triumphant piece of magic' --The Observer
'Amusing, endearing and intensely moving' --Daily Telegraph
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'A triumphant piece of magic' --The Observer
'Amusing, endearing and intensely moving' --Daily Telegraph
The author of more than fifty books for children, Paul Biegel is one of Europe s best-loved storytellers. Originally a comic-strip writer, his first novel, The Golden Guitar, was published in 1960. The King of the Copper Mountains followed in 1965 and was named Children s Book of the Year. A truly timeless classic, this glorious book continues to entertain and inspire children, parents and teachers to this very day.
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- PublisherEveryman Ltd
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0460057464
- ISBN 13 9780460057462
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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The King of the Copper Mountains / English version by Gillian Hume and Paul Biegel; illustrations by Babs van Wely
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wely, Babs Van (illustrator). 1st Edition. Biegel, Paul. The King of the Copper Mountains / English version by Gillian Hume and Paul Biegel; illustrations by Babs van Wely. First UK edition. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1969. Hardack, Good, in unclipped dustjacket with shelfwear to all edges and some small chips to top edge; top edge has some tape repairs. Mild age-discolouration to white portions of reverse. Green cloth bumped to corners and sunned to top edge; gilt illustration to front and decoration/lettering to spine. Binding strong. Illustrated title page. vi, 176pp. Mild dust-staining to top edge of page block, and mild foxing to front. Contents clean and bright. Paulus Johannes "Paul" Biegel (25 March 1925 21 October 2006) was a successful and prolific Dutch writer of children's literature. The King of The Copper Mountains is a children's novel originally published as Het Sleutelkruid in the Netherlands in 1964, where it won the Gouden Griffel, the award for the best children's book of the year. Told in a style similar to The Arabian Nights, it concerns the failing health of an elderly king who is kept alive by stories told by visiting animals. The book received widespread acclaim in Europe, won the Dutch literary prize for children's literature, and is now considered a classic. Amanda Craig described it in The Times in 2008 as "one of the blazing jewels of children's literature." RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1667144834804
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Book Description Hardcover. Wely, Babs Van (illustrator). English translation by Gillian Hume and Paul Biegel. Illustrations by Babs Van Wely. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and pictorial giltstamping, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 176pp. Numerous line drawings. Very good/very good. Binding corners ever-so-lightly bumped; jacket mildly rubbed; tight and internally fine. Handsome first English edition of this tale first published in Holland in 1965, where it won the Dutch Children's Book Prize. Tipped to front flyleaf is a 5" X 3" slip which the author boldly inscribes and signs in blue ballpoint: "For Mr. Hanlin / to read to his / grandchildren. / from / Paul Biegel / and / Cilia." Biegel (1925-2006) was an important and incredibly prolific Dutch author of children's books. A lovely copy with choice inscription. Seller Inventory # 48524
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Van Wely, Babs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Foxing on the top edge, previous owner's stamp and initials/notation on the front endpaper, stamp repeated on the copyright page. Chipping to the jacket extremities; nevertheless, no tears or other wear to the jacket, text clean, binding sturdy. Seller Inventory # 001402
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