The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; Sixteenth Printing. Hardcover. Quarter beige cloth cover with pink illustrated boards is worn at corners with fray to bottom front cover but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gift inscription on front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is soiled with tattered corners and a chip to front panel. Publisher's price of $1.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .

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A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when our pacifist hero is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? The first print run by Viking Press sold 14,000 copies at $1 each. The following year sales increased to 68,000, and by 1938 it was selling 3,000 copies a week - outselling Gone with the Wind (which had won the Pulitzer in 1937). The story is often seen as a political symbol, and was banned in many countries including Spain. Hitler ordered it to be burned in Germany, and after the Germans were defeated in WWII 30,000 copies were printed and handed out to German children as symbols of peace. -

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Bookseller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15544
Title: THE STORY OF FERDINAND
Author: Munro Leaf
Illustrator: Robert Lawson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; Sixteenth Printing
Publisher: The Viking Press
Date Published: 1938

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