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Animals of the Bible
by Dorothy P Lathrop
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
LATHROP, Dorothy P[ulis]. Animals of the Bible. With text selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible. NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1937. 8vo, vi 66pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers; 24 full-page and 3 double-page b&w illustrations. Light rubbing to spine ends, else a clean bright, copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (lightly rubbed along spine, corners a tad rubbed, spine lightly sunned). Signed by the author/artist, Caldecott Medalist Dorothy P. Lathrop.
First edition, second state binding and jacket, having the artist's name correctly spelled on the book's and jacket's spines (apparently, this was discovered and corrected before all the first printing sheets were bound). First book to ever win the Caldecott Medal! A collection of tales from both the New and Old Testament featuring the many creatures that appear in the bible. Lathrop's stunning black and white illustrations earned this book the inaugural Caldecott Medal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049371
- Title
- Animals of the Bible
- Author
- Dorothy P Lathrop
- Illustrator
- Dorothy P. Lathrop
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Books of Wonder
Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Second State
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
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