About this title: There seems no way to save four hundred villagers from imminent and unsuspecting death; then the wise old man high on the mountain knows what he must do.
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 4th Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1964
Description: Lent. Very Good. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED CLOTH COVER WITH LIGHT SOILING, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1964
Description: Lent. Very Good. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED CLOTH COVER WITH LIGHT SOILING, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, SPINE ENDS BUMPED AND LIGHTLY SOILED. INTERIOR PAGES STAMPED "DISCARD" AND HAVE LIGHT FINGERING TO MARGINS. read more
Description: Lent. Good in Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. PICTORIAL DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. ILLUSTRATED HARDCOVER COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES HAVE SLIGHT STAINING WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Description: Lent. Good. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED CLOTH COVER WITH LIGHT SOILING. INTERIOR PAGES STAMPED "DISCARD" AND HAVE LIGHT FINGERING TO MARGINS WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1964
Description: Lent. Very Good. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED BUCKRAM COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Edition: Second
Binding: Pictorial Boards
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Lent, Blair. Good in Good jacket. Children's Illustrated Ex-library. Clean and bright. Some edgewear and bumping. Some shelfwear to jacket with small chips. Summary: A Japanese folktale with a wise old man and a tidal wave. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout, binding is good. Cover shows moderate wear. Dust jacket is tattered. 45 p. col. illus. 24 cm. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The World's Work, England. 1966 First British Ed. c1964.
Description: Blair Lent. Squarish, oblong small quarto. VG ex library copy with VG dj in mylar A folk tale woven from the basic elements of life and nature; Old man, symbol of age and wisdom, and his grandson, spirit of youth; angry tidal wave threatening to engulf village. Adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's "Gleanings in Buddha-Fields. " read more
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