ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
[Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

NY Knopf 1976 1st Edition Hardcover Sporn, Michael As New in As New jacket 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. This is an As New Copy of the first edition (1st printing). There is an immeasurably tiny closed tear at the top of the jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, Date: 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Tall 8vo, gray cloth with light gold lettering over tan boards, illustrated with frontispiece & other full-page B&W drawings by Michael Sporn, Mylar-protected pictorial and greenish dust jacket (unclipped) by Sporn, [vi] + 59 pages + [60] About the Author. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force!<br/> <br/> Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont (the novel includes an invented "trashy novel" the woman reads). This last book won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1976.<br/> <br/> Gardner also wrote superior children's novels such as our volume, which contains four of his tales.<br/> <br/> Gardner was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 14, 1982.--Wikipedia abridged.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! 1976. Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi ...

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York] Hardcover Boards with cloth spine, slight sunning to edges; illustrated dust jacket with slight wear at spine ends (no price on dust jacket, so BCE?). A collection of four original fairy tales illustrated in b&w by Michael Sporn. Size: Small 4to
[Torrington, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]
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ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover First Edition First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Dust jacket top edge worn, with a few small tears. Inside clean. Binding tight. (fairy tales, magic)
[Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

Very Good First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket top edge worn, with a few small tears. Inside clean. Binding tight. (fairy tales, magic)

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover First Edition First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Dust jacket top edge worn, with a few small tears. Inside clean. Binding tight. (fairy tales, magic)
[Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 59 pages. The trade issue binding. A children's book from the author of "Grendel" and "The Wreckage of Agathon." Features illustrations by Michael Sporn. A very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket.
[Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]
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Very Good Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front paste down. N.a.p. (fairy tales)

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front paste down. N.a.p. (fairy tales)
[Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1976. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 59 pages. The trade issue binding. A children's book from the author of "Grendel" and "The Wreckage of Agathon." Features illustrations by Michael Sporn. A very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket. 1976. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394832760 9780394832760 [US]

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition Beautiful book in unclipped dust jacket now protected in mylar.
[Burlington, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1976]
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ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: New York : Knopf] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains patrticularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 59 pages; Description: 59 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Fairy tales. 1 Kg.
[Galway, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1976]
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light wear to the extremities. Inscribed by the illustrator with ALS laid in. 1976. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394832760 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light wear to the extremities. Inscribed by the illustrator with ALS laid in. 1976. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394832760 9780394832760 [US]

New York : Knopf, Date: 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains patrticularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 59 pages; Description: 59 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Fairy tales. 1976. New York : Knopf ISBN 0394832760 9780394832760 [IE]

Knopf 1976 Later Edition Hard Cover Sporn, Michael Good. Frayed DJ Signed by Illustrator. 59pp Illus Presentation copy signed by Sporn on title page. Small stain on foredge. Possibly missing rear endpaper.

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf 1976 First edition. Hard cover Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 59 pages. Contains Illustrations. First Edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Gardner's second collection of children's fairy tales. Fine in fine dustjacket.

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Gardner's second collection of children's fairy tales. Fine in fine dustjacket.
[MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]
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This is the hardcover only stated Knopf Edition from 1976. Other than a back cardholder flyleaf (ex lib), both the mylar-covered dj and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.Very Good ISBN 0394832760 9780394832760 [US]

Alfred A. Knopf 1976-01-01 Hardcover New Size: 8x6x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition.
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1976 First Edition (? ); First Printing Hardcover Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges.; 8.70 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 59 pages.

ISBN10: 0394832760, ISBN13: 9780394832760, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges. ; ; 8.70 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 59 pages.
[Pomona, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]
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