About this title: Michael would much rather have a bicycle than the expected new baby and when a bicycle magically appears he goes off on an adventure with his friends the elves.
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780070505339ISBN:0070505330
Description: Postma, Lidia (illustrator) Very Good in Poor jacket. Slight cover wear. Dust jacket is torn and tattered. Nice, tight copy. This slightly surreal picture book is about a boy named Michael who would much rather have a bicycle than the expected new baby. When a bicycle magically appears, he embarks on an adventure with his friends, the elves. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company,
Date Published: 1976.
ISBN-13:9780070505339ISBN:0070505330
Description: Very good plus in very good jacket. First published under the title "De Gestolen Spiegel" in Holland. Author's first book. First American Edition. Very good plus in white paper covered boards with black title to spine. Clean bright interior filled with color illustrations. Very good white dust jacket with black title to spine and color illustration to front panel. Minor wear to edges of jacket and light rubbing. Overall in excellent condition. Unpaginated. CHILD/110309. read more
Edition: 1st U.S.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York
Date Published: 1976
Description: color illustrations by author. Hb, xlib, gd bk/ no dj, damage to front endpg where card pocket was removed, o/w clean and tight. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Co., New York
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780070505339ISBN:0070505330
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Tall white glossy pictorial boards, VG, text & colored illustrations are tight, bright and crisp. Dust jacket VG in protective library mylar cover. Ex-library with usual library distinctions. Story is Michael, a young boy, would much rather have a new bicycle than the expected new baby and when a bicyle magically appears he goes off on an adventure with his friends the elves. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pictorial Boards
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, MA
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780070505346ISBN:0070505349
Description: Illustrated. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Ex Library. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Brilliant exlib with sharp tips and all pages and pocket present. Crisp clean and lovely w/minimal markings in fine unclipped dj in mylar. This slightly surreal picture book is about a boy named Michael who would much rather have a bicycle than the expected new baby. When a bicycle magically appears, he embarks on an adventure with his friends, the elves. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Pictorial Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780070505339ISBN:0070505330
Description: Good in Good jacket. Jacket has edge wear and rubbing, light chipping and small tears to the corners and spine area, protected in mylar. Boards have shelf wear and bumping. Corners bumped and rubbed. Loose binding, no cracks or breaks. Bright clean pages, no marks or tears. Decorative endpapers. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Laminated Boards
Publisher: Macdonald & Janes, London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780356084244ISBN:0356084248
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback. 4to-over 9¾"-12" 8. Light edgewear unpaginated beautifully illustrated with a hint of Rackham in the creatures; lamination starting to lift slightly at spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published by Macdonald & Janes Ltd., Paulton House, London First UK Edition
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780356084244ISBN:0356084248
Description: Hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated glazed boards. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼'' ISBN 0356084248. Colour illustrations throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. From the estate of a private library belonging to the author and illustrator Valerie Littlewood with her signature to the front end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. read more
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