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Mr. Popper's Penguins by Atwater, Richard and Florence - 1938

by Atwater, Richard and Florence

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Mr. Popper's Penguins by Atwater, Richard and Florence - 1938

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Atwater, Richard and Florence

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Mr. Popper's Penguins is a 1939 Newbery Honour Title and the basis for the 2011 film starring Jim Carrey. It tells the story of a poor house painter named Mr. Popper and his family, who live in the small town of Stillwater in the 1930s.

(I also have an inscribed copy which costs a bit more).
  • Bookseller Bell's Books US (US)
  • Illustrator Rorbert Lawson
  • Format/Binding Octavo. Original tan cloth boards with lettering in blue to spine and front board, with the the dust jacket.
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First edition, first printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Little Brown and Co
  • Place of Publication Boston
  • Date Published 1938
  • Keywords Award winning literature, classic literature, children's books. mr. poppers penguins, first edition

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Mr. Popper’s Penguins

by Richard and Florence Atwater

  • Used
  • fair
Condition
Used - Fair
Edition
First
Quantity Available
1
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Kendra Chappell
San Marcos , Texas, United States
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Weekly Reader's Books fiftieth printing of this timeless classic
"Mr. Popper's Penguins was named a Newbery HonorBook in 1939 and won the 1940 Young Reader's Choice Award.[8][9] It was one of the inaugural 1958 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award books."
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Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard and Florence Atwater

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
Anniversary Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780316058421 / 0316058424
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Corliss Books
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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N. Y.: Little Brown and Company, 1988. hard cover is in fine condition as is the dust jacket. has illustrated endpapers . is the anniversary edition. copy is unmarked and tightly bound. 139 pages.. Anniversary Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Robert Lawson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard and Florence Atwater

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good+
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
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The Professor
GLENVILLE, New York, United States
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Interior pages nice, only slight discoloration.Front cover corners are dented. Front cover stained.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Atwater, Richard and Florence

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
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Crooked House Books & Paper
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Little, Brown and Company, 1938. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lawson, Robert. 2nd printing, one month after first edition. Grey cloth boards with blue lettering, illustrated endpapers; 8-1/2" tall; 139 pp; illustrated by Robert Lawson. Some soiling to boards and page edges, nice solid binding. White dust jacket has tiny hole to edge of front panel, price-clipped, sticker residue to spine panel. Overall, a nice copy of this Newbery Honor book (and one of my all-time favorites!)
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