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The Story About Ping
by Flack, Marjorie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. TRUE FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS. 3 lines of copyright information. HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION DJ. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS. Summary " Ping was an adventurous duck who lived on a beautiful wise-eyed boat on the Yangtze River. He liked his life on the riverboat just and liked his large family and his kind master. He didn't like to be the last in line to board the boat at night, for that unlucky duck got a loud spank" . Will ship from Oregon.
Extended Description and Notes
WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. TRUE FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION DJ. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS. Summary " Ping was an adventurous duck who lived on a beautiful wise-eyed boat on the Yangtze River. He liked his life on the riverboat just and liked his large family and his kind master. He didn't like to be the last in line to board the boat at night, for that unlucky duck got a loud spank" . Offers Welcome. Will ship from Oregon.
Synopsis
"Kurt Wiese and Majorie Flack have created in Ping a duckling of great individuality against a background (the Yangtze River) that has both accuracy and charm." -- The New York Times
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 568FlackPing
- Title
- The Story About Ping
- Author
- Flack, Marjorie
- Illustrator
- Wiese, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- True First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 7 X 9 14
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- Marjorie Flack, Animalia, ducks, Illustrated Children's Books, First Edition, Rare, Kurt Wiese, 20th Century Literature, Fishing, China, Boats, River, Coupon, Junior Viking
- Bookseller catalogs
- For Sale; Children's Books; Literature; Art; Adventure; Animals; Fantasy; Birds; Fish; Fiction; History Of Asia; Asiania;
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Salem, Oregon
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