FERDINANDUS TAURUS A Latin Version of The Story of Ferdinand (signed)
by Leaf, Munro. Translated by Elizabeth Chamberlayne Hadas. Drawings by Robert Lawson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
David McKay Company, Inc, 1962. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Robert Lawson. 1st edition, 1962. Very Good. 8vo., unpaginated, text in latin, with black & white illustrations by Robert Lawson. Bound in publishers blue cloth with blue, black & white illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket has chipping at top & base of spine, is sun faded and shows shelf wear. Cloth covers have occasional spotting and wear, interior is clean and unmarked. SIGNED by Elizabeth Hadas on end paper. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Wilbur Monroe Leaf was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand, a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. - Wiki.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25609
- Title
- FERDINANDUS TAURUS A Latin Version of The Story of Ferdinand (signed)
- Author
- Leaf, Munro. Translated by Elizabeth Chamberlayne Hadas. Drawings by Robert Lawson
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- bull, spain
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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- Shelf Wear
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...