New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, 1937.. First edition, first state with the author’s name misspelled on the spine.. publisher’s gilt blue-green cloth in dust jacket.. Better than very good; some light use to cloth; very slightest of tanning to the edges of the text; in a jacket with one coin-sized chip to the rear panel, several other smaller chips, and a few light stains. . Small folio,. With text selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible. Winner of the first Caldecott Award.

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Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29698
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 - Better than very good; some light use to cloth; very slightest of tanning to the edges of the text; in a jacket with one coin-si
Edition: First edition, first state with the author’s name misspelle
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 1937.
Pages: 65 [4] pp.
Size: Small folio,
Bookseller catalogs: Illustrated Books;

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