Cusack Isabel Langis Egielski Richard (5 results)

Library Binding. Condition: Good. Dust jacket and edges shows shelf wear. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Egielski (illustrator). 1st Edition. Isabel Langis Cusack seems to have written just two children's books and it's the other one ("Ivan the Great", 1978) that is the more successful. But this book is interesting - especially if you're interested in pigeon racing. A young boy, struck mute by a trauma when a toddler, takes a life-changing interest in racing pigeons. The illustrator was winner of the 1987 Caldecott Medal and here contributes five full page drawings. The gutters of the endpapers are just a tad browned, otherwise a fine copy in very good, slightly browned dust jacket with edge nicks and a ½" chip from base of rear flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Egielski (illustrator). First Edition. 141 pp. One corner is very slightly bumped. The jacket is rubbed at the base of the front flap fold.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Egielski (illustrator). First Printing. Minute edge wear at bottom of boards. Jacket slightly chipped with a few small tears. 143 pages. "Developing an interest in homing pigeons leads to a significant change in the life of 11-year-old Ellis Hampton who has been mute since he witnessed his father's death.".

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Egielski, Richard (illustrator). First Edition. (1st) DJ has light wear to top, tiny tear at top front tip, tiny crease at back tip. Near Very Good/Very Fine.