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  • THE THREE PRINCES OF SERENDIP. by Hodges, Elizabeth Jamison (1908-1999)
    Hodges, Elizabeth Jamison (1908-1999)
    THE THREE PRINCES OF SERENDIP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, written for older children. The word 'serendipity' was invented by Horace Walpole after reading an old fairy tale, "The Three Princes of Serendip," This story, which goes back at least to the 16th century, is retold by Hodges in a version based on an English translation of 1722. "The tale is brilliantly embroidered, full of color and imagination. It tells how the three princes of Serendip (another name for Ceylon) journey to Persia and India to prove their fitness as future rulers and to find the secret formula which will clear the dragoninfested sea around their island kingdom. Along the way they meet mighty kings, young…

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    New York: Atheneum, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, written for older children. The word 'serendipity' was invented by Horace Walpole after reading an old fairy tale, "The Three Princes of Serendip," This story, which goes back at least to the 16th century, is retold by Hodges in a version based on an English translation of 1722. "The tale is brilliantly embroidered, full of color and imagination. It tells how the three princes of Serendip (another name for Ceylon) journey to Persia and India to prove their fitness as future rulers and to find the secret formula which will clear the dragoninfested sea around their island kingdom. Along the way they meet mighty kings, young girls as beautiful as jasmine, fearsome monsters. . . this ends happily as a fairy tale should with the gentle corollary that vision and knowledge come to 'those who dream with lifted eyes'. (New York Times review). Illustrated with drawings by Joan Berg. Notes, and a brief list of suggestions for further reading. 158 pp.

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    Condition: Very good+ in rust-colored cloth in a fair only dust jacket with some rubbing and edgewear, loss of about one inch at top of dj spine, price-clipped.

    Book ID: 84949
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  • A NATURAL MAN: The True Story of John Henry. by Sanfield, Steve. Illustrated by Peter J. Thornton.
    Sanfield, Steve. Illustrated by Peter J. Thornton.
    A NATURAL MAN: The True Story of John Henry.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A prose retelling of the ballad of John Henry the man who beat the machine, but lost his life doing so. Illustrated with full page soft black and white drawings by Peter J. Thornton. INSCRIBED by Sanfield on the front endpaper. Oversized format, 48 pp. ISBN: 0-879236302.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (spine slanted)

    Book ID: 87913
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  • Seth, Vikram (illustrated by Jane Ray)
    ARION AND THE DOLPHIN

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Seth's first children's book, based on the libretto which he wrote for the opera of the same title. A retelling of a legend from ancient Greece in a mixture of prose and poetry, illustrated in full color by Jane Ray. Large format.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 6728
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  • Seth, Vikram (illustrated by Jane Ray)
    ARION AND THE DOLPHIN

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Seth's first children's book, based on the libretto which he wrote for the opera of the same title. A retelling of a legend from ancient Greece, about a boy musician and his friendship with a dolphin, in a mixture of prose and poetry. A wise book that both adults and children will delight in, beautifully illustrated in full color by Jane Ray. Large format. ISBN: 1-85881-0485.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 29692
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