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Ferdinand

Ferdinand Hardcover - 1937

by Leaf, Munro


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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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-A signed first edition sold for $16,500 in 2014, and unsigned can list for $10,000. First editions state "First Published September 1936 on copyright page -

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  • Title Ferdinand
  • Author Leaf, Munro
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 80
  • Publisher Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, England.
  • Date 1937
  • ISBN 9780241901779
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London.: Hamish Hamilton., 1966.. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 20 cm. 75 pages : illustrations. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. by Munro Leaf ; illustrated by Robert Lawson. [Ferdinand the bull ]. A Young Puffin. Originally published, Hamish Hamilton,1937. Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999. 1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm. (Opie collection of children's literature ; 034:182) . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 0241901774 Literatura.(82) [[82]]
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Viking Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 x 8 1/4 . Lawson, Robert. IBy Author. GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. Inscribed and signed by author. Ex-library with ownership markings. Cloth spine with pink paper cover. 8th printing 1937. Slight wear on corners, Interior in good, clean condition.
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