Crickets and Frogs: A Fable
by Mistral, Gabriela;Gorey, Edward donation
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1972. Ex-Library. Illus. by Frasconi, Antonio. Good. Cloth. Association Copy. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Atheneum, 1972. First edition. In Spanish and English. Translated and adapted by Doris Dana. Ex-library from Sturgis Library, the oldest library building in the USA and donated by Gorey to the library. Printed name and date on ffep on Sturgis Library bookplate. Mistral was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Crickets and Frogs is an unusual prose piece for children. The usual library markings. Good in very good dustjacket, protected with a library-issued plastic cover..
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- Seller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002713
- Title
- Crickets and Frogs: A Fable
- Author
- Mistral, Gabriela;Gorey, Edward donation
- Illustrator
- Frasconi, Antonio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- EDWARD GOREY MISTRAL FRASCONI
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Children's Books; Sturgis Library;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Association Copy
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- Bookplate
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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