THE ROUND MEADOW.
by Oldrin, John (1901-1985); illustrated by Kurt Wiese,
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in green cloth (stain in upper corner of front cover), no dust jacket./green cloth (stain in upper corner of front cover), no
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: The Viking Press,, 1951.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in green cloth (stain in upper corner of front cover), no dust jacket.. First printing. A unsentimental and detailed story of a baby fawn that is found in a field, who is brought back to the barn to live - and then the farmer and his children have to help him to learn how to eat and run and live as a deer until he is old enough to explore on his own. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To --- who I hear is as crazy about animals as I. With all good wishes" and dated September 17, 1951, in the year of publication. Illustrated with soft bronze tone drawings by Kurt Wiese. 80 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76112
- Title
- THE ROUND MEADOW.
- Author
- Oldrin, John (1901-1985); illustrated by Kurt Wiese,
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in green cloth (stain in upper corner of front cover), no dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- green cloth (stain in upper corner of front cover), no
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1951.
- Keywords
- nature, deer, fawn,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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