Search Results: Titles starting with V from pacaritambo books

Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Nancy E Burkert. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1989 Farrar, Strauss hardcover (olive green boards with embossed decoration) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Beautiful full-page color illustrations with additional color illus. throughout. PROBLEM: DJ is price-clipped and there is a gift inscription on the loose end page (looking for a large bookplate to cover it). Still a beautiful copy. CONTENT: Meticulously researched and stunningly illustrated, this medieval prose romance has been translated and recast by Burkert ( Cinderella ) into Chaucerian iambic pentameter. The mysterious Pacolet narrates as a 16th-century troupe of itinerant players performs the story of two brothers separated at birth, one raised at court and the other by a bear in the forest. It is a tale of chivalry, brotherhood and forgiveness, wherein the brothers conquer the awful Green Knight and outwit the giant… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: "AS NEW" due to small remainder mark bottom edges. UNREAD 2017 St Martin's Press hardcover (orange boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Sure doesn't look like "Large Print" to me. No illustrations. CONTENT: 9 March 1876 My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our People has been destroyed, all our possessions burned, our friends butchered by the soldiers, our baby daughters gone, frozen to death on an ungodly trek across these rocky mountains. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone. We curse the U.S. government, we curse the Army, we curse the savagery of mankind, white and Indian alike. We curse God in his heaven. Do not underestimate the power of a mother's vengeance... So… Read More

Crabtree Publishing Company, 2008. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Barbara Bedell & other artists. CONDITION: NEW 2008 Crabtree large paperback edition, no printing given. Color illustrations by Barbara Bedell and other artists. CONTENT: This illustrated dictionary introduces the way of life of the early Native peoples who lived across North America. Different nations are featured in spreads that show their way of life in their particular region. Themes include - homes - food - clothing - transportation - hunting techniques. Grades 3 - 5+.