THE CRANE WIFE (SIGNED "A", FIRST PRINTING) The Crane Wife is an old Japanese folktale about a poor man finding a wounded crane. Museum Quality Drawings

,SPIRIN, GENNADY (SIGNED) AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR; Retold by Odds Bodkin

Editore: New York: Gulliver/Harcourt Brace. 1988, SIGNED "A" FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING, FIRST EDITION.

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY RARE, DIFFICULT TO FIND: SPIRIN DJ is unclipped; covered in mylar. STORY: The Crane Wife is an old Japanese folktale. While there are many variations of the tale, a common version is that a poor man finds an injured crane on his doorstep (or outside with an arrow in it), takes it in and nurses it back to health. After he releases the crane, a woman appears at his doorstep with whom he falls in love and marries. Because they need money, his wife offers to weave wondrous clothes out of silk that they can sell at the market, but only if he agrees never to watch her making them. BUT.

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• Titolo: THE CRANE WIFE (SIGNED "A", FIRST PRINTING) The Crane Wife is an old Japanese folktale about a poor man finding a wounded crane. Museum Quality Drawings
• Editore: New York: Gulliver/Harcourt Brace. 1988, SIGNED "A" FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING, FIRST EDITION.
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: As New
• Firmato: Signed by Illustrator(s)
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • SPIRIN, Gennady, Children's Illustrator