Curious George Takes a Job
by REY H.A
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- Hardcover
- first
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1947. First Edition . REY, H.A. Curious George Takes a Job. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Quarto, original pictorial red cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $9000.First edition of this second installment in the Curious George series, chronicling Curious George's attempts at finding (and keeping) a job without his curiosity getting him into trouble.Published beginning in 1941, the Curious George books (of which this is the second) were written by Margret Rey and illustrated by her husband, Hans Augusto Rey. ""Through the character of Curious George, the adventurous tailless monkey, H.A. Rey projected his own lively curiosity in the world around him and at the same time kept his stories within the realm of children's activities and comprehension
Curious George remains a recognized and beloved monkey who will continue to amuse and comfort children for years to come"" (Silvey, 554). Owner inscription dated year of publication.Book lovely and fine. Bright dust jacket extremely good, with a bit of edgewear and several small closed tears.
Synopsis
Curious George runs away from the zoo and after many adventures ends up a movie star.
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- Bookseller
- Bauman Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124811
- Title
- Curious George Takes a Job
- Author
- REY H.A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1947
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...