Lafcadio The Lion Who Shot Back
by Shel Silverstein
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
USA: Harper Collins, 1963. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 7.5". Shel Silverstein. A wonderful copy of Shel Silverstein's 'Lafcadio', the bittersweet tale of the a lion turned hunter. Undated, circa date taken from the copyright date. Born in 1930, Shel Silverstein was a cartoonist, song writer and children's author. Often writing under the name Uncle Shelby, he was a highly commended in his respective fields, he received two Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination. 'Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back' started life in Playboy magazine before later being turned into a children's book. This bittersweet tale sees Lafcadio, the charismatic Lion fond of marshmallows, become the world's greatest shooter. Beautifully illustrated throughout. In a full cloth binding and held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent, with some minor shelfwear. Small tear to the front endpaper, to the tail, towards the foredge, no more than 1cm. Dustwrapper is excellent. Internallly, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 600C11
- Title
- Lafcadio The Lion Who Shot Back
- Author
- Shel Silverstein
- Illustrator
- Shel Silverstein
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 9" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Childrens Fiction Illustrated Lion Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.