Isbn: 9780582164727 - magic moth, the (3 risultati)

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. A direct, honest, unsentimental story about death and its aftermath. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Edges very slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper edge-rubbed and grubby, closed tear to rear edge with tape repair on verso. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Cuffari, Richard (illustratore).…

Condizione: Very Good. 64, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Some light occasional foxing. Drawings by Richard Cuffari. A sensitive and unsentimental children's novel exploring the experience of bereavement through the eyes of a young boy whose sister is dying. Virginia Lee's thoughtful treatment of grief and family life became an early and influential contribution to children's literature on death. The magic moth of the title is a symbolic image. During the story, the transformation of a caterpillar into a moth provides a gentle metaphor for change and the continuation of life, helping the family explain death. [9780582164727].…