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Sir Whong and the golden pig / adapted by Oki S. Han and Stephanie Haboush Plunkett ; pictures by Oki S. Han.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.H158 Si 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Han, Oki S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Korea--Juvenile literature.
- Folklore.
- Swindlers and swindling--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Folklore--Korea.
- Swindlers and swindling--Folklore.
- Korea.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Hong Kong : Printed by South China Printing Company (1988) Limited)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [©1993]
- Summary:
- When he manages to get a loan of 1000 nyung by giving a fake golden pig as collateral, a stranger thinks that he has outwitted the wise and generous Sir Whong.
- Notes:
- Adapted from an ancient Korean tale.
- "Typography by Amelia Lau Carling"--t.p. verso.
- "First Edition."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "The art for each picture consists of a watercolor painting, which is scanner-separated and reproduced in full color."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy has gold "Dial Library Edition" sticker on dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0803713444
- 9780803713444
- 0803713452
- 9780803713451
- OCLC:
- 25051015
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