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The little jewel box / by Marianna Mayer ; pictures by Margot Tomes.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.M4514 Li 1986 copy 3
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mayer, Marianna
Contributor:
Tomes, Margot, illustrator.
Tehon, Atha.
Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fairy tales.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Tehon, Atha (former owner) (inscription copy 3) (Tehon Collection copy)
Tomes, Margot (autograph) (Tehon Collection copy 3)
Tehon, Susan (donor)
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Edition:
[First edition].
Manufacture:
Hong Kong : Printed by South China Printing Co.
Place of Publication:
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [©1986]
Summary:
Cursed with bad luck, a courageous young girl sets out in search of adventure, her only protection a little jewel box that she is to open only when in danger of death.
Notes:
"Design by Atha Tehon"--t.p. verso.
"First Edition."
"The full-color artwork was prepared in gouache. It was then camera-separated and reproduced in red, blue, yellow, and black halftones."
Local Notes:
Tehon Collection copies 1-3 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
Tehon Collection copies 1-3: dust jacket retained.
Tehon Collection copies 1-3 are "First Edition, First Printing".
Tehon Collection copy 3 inscribed to Atha Tehon by Margot Tomes.
ISBN:
0803701489
9780803701489
0803701497
9780803701496
OCLC:
12343718

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