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  • Publication: The Book of ThreePublication Record # 463528
  • Author: Lloyd Alexander
  • Date: 2014-09-02
  • ISBN: 978-1-62779-122-9 [1-62779-122-1]
  • Publisher: Henry Holt
  • Price:
    $24.99?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xiii+224
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Book of Three (1964) • by Evaline Ness
  • Notes:
    • Date from Amazon.com as of 2014-08-01
    • Copyright page includes two mentions of year 2014: "Introduction copyright (c) 2014 by Shannon Hale"; "50th Anniversary Edition: 2014"
    • This is an ed. of the 1999 Revised Henry Holt Edition, including Pronunciation Guide (c) 1999 Henry Holt
    • "About the Author" includes lead lifespan "(1924-2007)", otherwise identical to that used by Holt at least from 1999 to 2011; contents ends 1973 except death date
    • First printing per number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
    • Deckle edge
    • No dustjacket
    • Cover is red cloth with embossed lettering and illustrations front and back (unattributed; black, gold, and the background red cloth); comparison with an image of the first edition shows this to be a digitally manipulated version of the original illustration by Evaline Ness (1964 and later covers with the original illustration)
    • Back cover sticker gives $24.99 US, $28.99 Canada as well as ISBN, barcodes, etc
    • introduction p ix-xi carries full title "Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition"
    • two-page b/w map internally titled "The Land of Prydain" follows p xiii and the same is printed red-and-white on both endpapers
    • Novel ends p 186 followed by [187] "Turn the page for The Book of Three bonus materials"; thereafter p 224 alone is numbered, the last page before endpaper
    • Interview pp 191-95 "from Scholastic website, copyright (c) 2013 Scholastic Inc" comprises 11 of 44 Q&A published by Scholastic as "Lloyd Alexander Interview Transcript" as of 2015-12-11 (the author was interviewed by Scholastic students) --dated 1999 in 2009 citation at Wikipedia (here)
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