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the Story of Ferdinand
by Munro Leaf
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- first
- Condition
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Edition, Seventh Printing. First edition, seventh printing. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 7.25".
This book is in good condition. Moderate sunning to spine. Moderate scuffing to all edges of boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate sunning and chipping to spine. Minor sunning to both panels. Price clipped.
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Inventory #(O4-110).
This book is in good condition. Moderate sunning to spine. Moderate scuffing to all edges of boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate sunning and chipping to spine. Minor sunning to both panels. Price clipped.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory #(O4-110).
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5931
- Title
- the Story of Ferdinand
- Author
- Munro Leaf
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Seventh Printing
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
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