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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Cover and edges shows minor wear. Gift inscription on front page. Pages are clean and intact. Seller Inventory # mon0002518769
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Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Seller Inventory # 10-0931604001-G
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Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Turner, Ellen (illustrator). The book where Michael meets The Royal Street Elves and learns about whales and whale oil, the electric light, the Ostrich, and the two-headed sea serpent by R.D. Taylor with illustrations by Ellen Turner. Signed and inscribed by the author and the artist. Book Condition: Near fine. The text block and drawings are in fine condition with no marks, tears, or dog ears. Not a library book nor a remainder. No bookplate nor name of prior owner. The binding is tight. The beautifully illustrated cover is in near fine condition, with light shelf rubbing and a minor bump on the top edge (rear). 10 x 6 ¾, 70 pages, 14 ounces XX Much as the long title implies this is the story of elves and a young boy. The elves came from Scotland to New Orleans and had trouble finding jobs until they discovered they could be the lamp lighters of Royal Street in the French Quarter. Each one had his own street lamp to take care of and to live in with the help of tiny spiral staircases. Michael?s mother reads a bedtime story to him, but he soon falls asleep and dreams he is outside at night meeting the elves. One has just learned from the book Moby Dick that the sperm oil used for the lamps comes from melting down whale blubber. He is struck with remorse and finds it difficult to keep writing poetry and playing his recorder. This is really too bad because the other elves like his poems and often attach them to lamp posts on Royal Street. They are not happy to find a large Announcement attached to one of their lamp posts without permission. After reading it, they realize a meeting is going to be held at the mayor?s office to discuss removing the oil lamps and putting in the new electric lights, which would make New Orleans modern and once more competitive with other 19th century American cities. But that replacement would also throw the eleves out of work. Michael goes with the elves to the meeting and the way the humans and the elves reach a compromise is interesting. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000431
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