A CHILD'S BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY - based on A CHILD'S PRIMER OF NATURAL HISTORY
by HHerford, Oliver - revived and rejuvenated by Margaret Fishback
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1969. Pictorial hardcover binding is clean, square and tight. Previous owner bookplate fep, a few minor soil marks, but overall clean and bright with a clean and crisp dustjacket - not price-clipped with original $2.95 price on flap. Oliver Herford, a 19th century wit, wrote the the original poems both amusing and informative. Margaret Fishback, a well-known poet, adds new rhymes equally witty and joyful. Hilary Knight's illustrations are wonderful as always.. Illus. by Knight, Hilary. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013605
- Title
- A CHILD'S BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY - based on A CHILD'S PRIMER OF NATURAL HISTORY
- Author
- HHerford, Oliver - revived and rejuvenated by Margaret Fishback
- Illustrator
- Knight, Hilary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk Co., Inc.
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Picture Books/Favorite Illustrators; Childrens - Texts/Readers/Non-Fiction; Childrens - Story Collections;
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Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
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