The Book of Three
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Overview:
- Title: The Book of Three
- Author: Lloyd Alexander
- Year: 2014
- ISBN-10: 9781627791229
- Publisher: Henry Holt
- Price: $24.99
- Pages: xiii+224
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Book of Three
- 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)