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  • LOOKING BACK: A Book of Memories. by Lowry, Lois.
    Lowry, Lois.
    LOOKING BACK: A Book of Memories.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Not quite an autobiography - this is rather moments, memories, fragments, especially of pivotal times that affected her life, and how these affected her writing or inspired ideas in her writing. Illustrated with many sepia-toned photographs from her very youngest days to her family and children, each from different years - the effect is very much like looking through a photo album of the best and most cherished pictures from a long lifetime and having the person tell the story behind each photograph. In addition to being a Newbery Award winning writer, Lowry received the 2007 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens.…

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    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Not quite an autobiography - this is rather moments, memories, fragments, especially of pivotal times that affected her life, and how these affected her writing or inspired ideas in her writing. Illustrated with many sepia-toned photographs from her very youngest days to her family and children, each from different years - the effect is very much like looking through a photo album of the best and most cherished pictures from a long lifetime and having the person tell the story behind each photograph. In addition to being a Newbery Award winning writer, Lowry received the 2007 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014. A beautiful book, slightly oversized in format. ISBN: 0-395-89543X.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 59973
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  • A BOY NAMED SHEL: The Life & Times of Shel Silverstein. by [Silverstein, Shel, 1930-1999] Rogak, Lisa.
    [Silverstein, Shel, 1930-1999] Rogak, Lisa.
    A BOY NAMED SHEL: The Life & Times of Shel Silverstein.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first biography of this complex writer, best known for his poetry books for children - The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends - but also a man with an incurable wanderlust who exceled in many genres - music lyrics, playwriting, cartooning and more. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, index. 237 pp. ISBN: 0-312-353596.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 84158
    View cart More details Price: $20.00