When Milo finds an enormous package in his bedroom, he's delighted to have something to relieve his boredom with school. And when he opens it to find - as the label states - One Genuine Turnpike Tollbooth, he gets right into his pedal car and sets off through the Tollbooth and away on a magical journey!Milo's extraordinary voyage takes him into such places as the Land of Expectation, the Doldrums, the Mountains of Ignorance and the Castle in the Air. He meets the weirdest and most unexpected characters (such as Tock, the ...
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When Milo finds an enormous package in his bedroom, he's delighted to have something to relieve his boredom with school. And when he opens it to find - as the label states - One Genuine Turnpike Tollbooth, he gets right into his pedal car and sets off through the Tollbooth and away on a magical journey!Milo's extraordinary voyage takes him into such places as the Land of Expectation, the Doldrums, the Mountains of Ignorance and the Castle in the Air. He meets the weirdest and most unexpected characters (such as Tock, the watchdog, the Gelatinous Giant, and the Threadbare Excuse, who mumbles the same thing over and over again), and, once home, can hardly wait to try out the Tollbooth again. But will it be still there when he gets back from school?This new edition of Norton Juster's classic story includes a special "Why You'll Love This Book" introduction by award-winning author, Diana Wynne Jones.
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Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18095802059
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0394815009. SIGNED by author on half-title page, his classic children's book; near fine in near fine dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; very minor soiling on side edge of pageblock else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; 49th printing according to number line; Signed by Author.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
10/2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18107536275
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: 9x5x0; SCARCE 1ST PRINTING of the 50th Anniversary Edition SIGNED BY NORTON JUSTER. Includes a bonus Hampshire Gazette 2011 news article featuring Norton and Jules Feiffer. The book is new and unread but the front lower corner is bumped (see photos). Expedited and international shipping are welcome; inventory 17 signed by author.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10444605302
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Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0394815009. With an appreciation by Maurice Sendak. A later printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 256 pages; Signed by Author.
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Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18083209250
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; DOUBLE-SIGNED BY NORTON JUSTER & JULES FEIFFER directly to the title page. Also briefly inscribed "For Bill" as shown. This is the "Celebration Edition" (my term) published in 2011 with an appreciation by Maurice Sendak and others. Unread near-fine (mild blemishes on DJ) gift-worthy condition. Includes a new mylar cover to keep your dust jacket looking terrific. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; Bk 13, signed by author.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
10/2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17194319217
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: 9x5x0; A lovely 50th Anniversary Edition DOUBLE-SIGNED BY NORTON JUSTER & JULES FEIFFER. Extremely scarce thus. 6th printing in gorgeous, apparently unread near-fine condition (upper corners bumped, scratch on mylar DJ on rear). Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
Edition:
First Edition, Second Printing, Later Dust Jacket
Publisher:
Epstein & Carroll
Published:
1961
Alibris ID:
18041082076
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Book. Octavo, 256 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus married dust jacket. Spine blue with tan lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, front inner flap clipped. Chipping to head and tail of spine and corners of dust jacket. Rubbing and mild tearing to edges of dust jacket. Age toning with light scuffing and staining to dust jacket. Wear to head and tail of book spine, edges, and corners of boards. Light staining to edges of textblock. Inscribed by Juster on half title page. Inscribed by Feiffer on title page. Age toning with scattered staining throughout textblock. Inner flaps from the original dust jacket included loose within. Shelved in Case 2. 1382287. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Identified as a first by the Epstein Carroll imprint, as the title was quickly bought by Random House. Internally clean, with a tight binding. Gift condition quality. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) 1961 Epstein & Carroll FIRST EDITION ( distributed by Random House) **SIGNED** directly on the title page by both JUSTER & FEIFFER. A solid copy in VG+/G condition. The deep blue boards with white lettering and illustrations have the merest of wear at the corners and spine ends. Inside the book there is only a very faint inscription at the top of the map page. The unclipped DJ shows a price of $ 3.95 crossed out and penned $ 3.19. I think this is a second state DJ with 5 brief reviews on the rear cover. There is some loss of color along the right edge of the front, some dirt on the rear and chips of color loss but overall a GOOD bright DJ! EXCEEDNGLY RARE WITH BOTH SIGNATURES! **BONUS** Also receive the very charming First Edition of the Dot and the Line 1963 Random House in VG/VG condition.
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First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed. "This book has been described by Naomi Lewis as ‘the best original modern book in the Carroll line'" (Carpenter & Prichard, 409). Anyone with an appreciation for the language and irony of Alice in Wonderland will consider this witty adventure a classic. The novel begins with a miserably bored lad who exclaims that "there is nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." Suddenly a tollbooth appears in his room, and, having no other interests, the lad Milo drives through it and sets off in his toy car for a mythic journey.
This a great, mind-stretching read for young adults. Philosophical, metaphorical, and magical at the same time. However, like St. Exupéry's Little Prince, it offers a parallel universe for adults that is just as compelling. My son and I spent as much time discussing the ideas as we did reading the book itself. It's been in trouble with the Fundies because it forces one to think and question the world around us, which makes it all the more essential.
Barri
Dec 3, 2010
splendid
Love this book. Read it years ago but lost my copy. Delighted to get it again and enjoyed it as much as ever. Recommend it to any child from 8 to 80. Barri Adair.
Suze63
Aug 27, 2009
Is is really a children's book?
Although written for children almost 50 years ago, it reminded me of Alice in Wonderland -- poking fun at politics, bureaucracy, etc. We read it for fun at our book club and it produced some wonderful discussion. If you read it as a child, read it again...
AspireAct
Oct 30, 2008
You won't forget it
A teacher read this book to my class in elementary and I never forgot it. The story is entertaining and interesting for a reader of any age. It bends the bounds of reality and plays with denotation and connotation. It's a classic that everyone should read more than once.
fiddler
Aug 19, 2008
Imaginative and Engaging
An instant classic in the mind of any child, this book really does add on to the "learning can be fun" theme. I definitely recommend this book for 5th-7th graders at least, because it can definitely give them a jump start on a new chapter of education in their life. It's about a boy who cannot appreciate learning until he enters a world where learning is an enchanting experience. One of the most memorable parts of the book was how Milo could eat words/letters (I forgot which), some of which didn't taste good at all. And the people there literally grow down instead of up. The movie for this is a bore, but nothing beats the images created by the mind while reading this book for the first time.
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