By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman. INSCRIBED with a hand-drawn cartoon
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman. Little, Brown and Company. (1963) "SECOND PRINTING" stated. INSCRIBED, "For Miss Lloyd & Class/ with the very best/ wishes and warmest regards/ of-/ Sid Fleischman/ 1964" with a hand-drawn 'Bunny rabbit out of hat' cartoon, on the first blank page. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Some wear to the top and bottom of the spine. two minor tears at the bottom of the spine. Light edge wear. With original price of $3.75. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No clips. No missing pieces. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. EF02a
By the Great Horn Spoon! is Sid Fleischman's second children's book. "This book was turned into a movie called The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) by Disney." -Wikipedia
"Sid Fleischman, was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults."- wikipedia
By the Great Horn Spoon! is Sid Fleischman's second children's book. "This book was turned into a movie called The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) by Disney." -Wikipedia
"Sid Fleischman, was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults."- wikipedia
