April's Kittens
by Newberry, Clare Turlay
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Newberry, Clare Turlay. Caldecott-winning story of a little girl living in a one-cat New York apartment who must decide which to keep of her cat &/or her new kittens.with a "supremely happy solution that all children will love." Illustrated by the author throughout the book's 32 pages (& DJ), with drawings that were praised in her first book, "Mittens,'' as "the very best cat pictures that have ever been made." (New York Times). Rear picture NOT present. A FIRST EDITION, 1940 printing (with no edition statement or letter codes), this hardcover small 4to (9" x 10.75") has tan cloth-covered boards stamped with a cat design & black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning around edges. Very light surface soil, mild rubbing to extremities, bumped corners, with fraying to lower outer corners of both boards. The price-clipped DJ is VG-, with modest edgewear all around, paper loss/chipping at all corners; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021159
- Title
- April's Kittens
- Author
- Newberry, Clare Turlay
- Illustrator
- Newberry, Clare Turlay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- CHILDREN ANIMALS FEMALE WOMEN ARTISTS ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATIONS PICTURE BOOKS CALDECOTT AWARD NEW YORK CITY GIRLS CATS KITTENS ADOPTION APARTMENT SEPARATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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