The Adventure of Phunsi
by Kingsbury, Alison Mason
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York; 1946): G.P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 88pp., illustrated by the author. The author's first children's book. This is the story of Phunsi, a Zebra who was trapped with his mother and shipped to America. Phunsi was and extraordinary, Zebra. He could run so fast. He and his mother were shipped to the zoo in Centeal Park in New York. Phunsi was very adventurous so he managed to get out of the zoo to travel the streets of New York. He met many friends along the way. A near fine copy bound in dark blue cloth pictorially stamped in light blue depicting Phunsi, spine lettering light blue, in unclipped dust jacket with a zebra pattern, lettering red,, Jacket showing only minor were to corners and spine ends, small closed tear to upper edge of front panel. Very nice with no owner's names or bookplates.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021917
- Title
- The Adventure of Phunsi
- Author
- Kingsbury, Alison Mason
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York; 1946)
- Keywords
- Children Zebra First Edition 1dt Dust Jacket
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
We accept Visa, MC, American Express and Discover. All books are carefully described and may be returned within ten day if the customer is not satisfied. Members ABAA, ILAB. Shipping is $5 for US orders based on books weighing 2 lbs. Worldwide shipping available.
About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...