HERBERT THE LION
by Clare Turlay Newberry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0765190575
- ISBN 13
- 9780765190574
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Smithmark Pub, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Clare Turlay Newberry (Author-Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/VG; Light edge wear w/archival-tape repaired closed tear to lower back corner. Story of Herbert, a lion cub raised in the city. First published 1931; this is the 1998, hardcover, First Edition, First Edition from Smithmark. Winner of the Caldecott Book Honors, this is the first book from Oregon-born, author-illustrator Clare Turlay Newberry (1903 - 1970); in 1930 the author attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris; the next year, to finance her passage back to the US, she published this work. Story of a little girl named Sally who receives a lion cub for her birthday she names Herbert. He's playful and loves to chase & pounce on people. When he grows in size, this behavior causes problems. The family lives in the city --- scared, relatives, friends & deliverymen (even the postman) avoid their house. What to do with a friendly lion? A zoo??!!!
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020363
- Title
- HERBERT THE LION
- Author
- Clare Turlay Newberry
- Illustrator
- Clare Turlay Newberry (Author-Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0765190575
- ISBN 13
- 9780765190574
- Publisher
- Smithmark Pub
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 32
- Keywords
- Fioction, Young Readers, Juvenile, Fable
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