World String by Yolen Jane (13 results)

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A couple of short tears to dustjacket. With a comprehensive look of the kite -- its history, folk legends and lore, kites as a means of transport, as instruments of war, the kite's contribution to science, and more. Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award?winning short story "Sister Emily's Lightship", the novelette "Lost Girls", Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto hardcover of Yellow cloth stamped in brown on the cover and spine, in very good plus condition with a tiny bit of wear and a couple of pale spots along the spine. No dust jacket. !971 third printing. By well known children's book author Jane Yolen. The story and history of kites, illustrated throughout black and white with historic and modern photographs, prints and drawings by Yolen. Transports the reader into the dreaming world of a kite in the sky, through their little known history and use by humans throughout time. 143 pp. History, Kites.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition (unstated). Medium octavo in yellow cloth and multi-color illus DJ; 143 p.: ill.; 26 cm; bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index. A history of the kite for young people. Well illustrated. FINE in NEAR FINE DJ with a some light edge-wear, including one tiny closed edge-tear and an equally small corner chip. A very crisp close-to-New copy.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First Edition. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped.VG+/VG+.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine Plus. Very Good Plus. Third Printing. Dust jacket is price-clipped, both top and bottom of front flap, has small rubs top of flap folds and top of spine panel and a small sticker scar (which blends with the cover design) top of front panel. Book and dust jacket are clean. Every aspect of the kite; 143 pages with many B/W illustrations and index; originally published in 1968.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good+ Dustjacket. First edition, First Printing. Juvenile nonfiction illustrated with black and white photos. Dj shows light edge wear especially to head and tail of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. World on a String (1968)HCDJ, dustjacket price clipped.; The Art of Japanese Kite (1974)1st/1st HCDJ.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Sets or unusually heavy items ship in a box.…

(1968). First edition. Cello-tape removal mark across spine tail, tape across spine head, small price sticker removal mark to front free endpaper, else very good plus; in a price-clipped dust jacket with a hint of darkening all over, tape used as reinforcement to extremities. Illustrated with photos. Every aspect of the kite -- its history, folk legends and lore, kites as a means of transport, as instruments of war, the kite's contribution to science, etc. is found in this fascinating book by the notable children's author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Black and white photographs. No statement of printing. Fine in a near fine (trace age toning, both corners of front flap are clipped) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Printing. Prices clipped front top and bottom corner of dust jacket. Book is solid VG--clean, binding tight. DJ VG only, with slight wear at top and bottom of spine, now in Brodart.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (spine lightly sunned) dust jacket (in mylar). 144 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good Light Edgewear Dj. Very Good +/Very Good Light Edgewear Dj. A lovey copy of this great book. Inter-view record in sleeve pasted to rear inside cover. Scarce thus. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Inscribed by author with her kite drawing on ffep. Third printing (per last page of text). Boards in golden-ochre cloth, stamped in brown. An attractive copy, unmarked, clean, and crisp. Illustrated with photographs. Index. Dust jacket illustration by Robert Quackenbush. Dust jacket price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. 143, [1]. 10'' x 7''. Telling the story of kites, Yolen describes ''every aspect of the kite--its history, the legends and lore that surround kite flying, kites as a means of transportation, kites as instruments of war, the kite's contribution to science, the kite as a religious symbol, kite flying today, the kite as art object, kite flying as a sport.'' Jane Yolen, a prolific and award-winning author, is notably the daughter of the famous kite-flying enthusiast and champion Will Yolen, recognized for his kite flying accomplishments in both the Guinness Book of World Records and Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Her father was also the author of two books on kite flying. Signed by Author(s).…