Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book.
by LATHROP, Dorothy P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very slight use at extremities of spine; an attractive copy in a price-clipped jacket with some tiny chips and a few light creas
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, 1937.. First edition; later state (issue?) with Lathrop's name spelled correctly on the spine and backstrip. . publisher's gilt blue-green cloth in dust jacket.. Very slight use at extremities of spine; an attractive copy in a price-clipped jacket with some tiny chips and a few light creases. . Folio,. With text selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible. Illustrated. Winner of the first Caldecott Award. Inscribed by Dorothy Lathrop in 1938.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29378
- Title
- Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book.
- Author
- LATHROP, Dorothy P
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's gilt blue-green cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very slight use at extremities of spine; an attractive copy in a price-clipped jacket with some tiny chips and a few light creas
- Edition
- First edition; later state (issue?) with Lathrop's name spel
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1937.
- Pages
- 66 pp.
- Size
- Folio,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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