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Inangaro : the legend of the coconut

Title
Inangaro : the legend of the coconut.
Published
Columbus : Logan Elm Press, c1988.
Physical Description
4 v. in 1 : ill. (some col.) ; 38 cm. (box)
Local Notes
AOB has copy no. 61, with each volume signed by author, designer and illustrator.
Notes
Title and imprint from colophon, laid in.
"Retold by M. Charlotte Johnson"--T.p. to each part.
Sizes of the individual volumes vary; in box with a coconut shell face inlaid in the cover board.
"Four designer-artist teams were invited to the press to create distinct editions from the same manuscript ... The sets of four books are contained in boxes designed by Greg Campbell and constructed at The Campbell-Logan bindery ... [There are] seventy boxed suites"--Colophon.
Each book contains the text of a Polynesian folk-tale interpreted through different handling of papers, bindings and illustrative techniques.
V. 1 designed by Robert Tauber, illustrated by Margaret Prentice; v. 2 designed by Richard Brunell, illustrated by Sidney Chafetz; v. 3 designed by Ruth Leonard, illustrated by David Macaulay; v. 4 designed by Rod Johnson, illustrated by Eric May.
Vols. 1 and 2 have title: Inangaro, a Polynesian folktale of love lost.
Variant and related titles
Legend of the coconut.
Inangaro, a Polynesian folktale of love lost.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 24, 2003
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