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Cape, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The boards are a touch rubbed and edgeworn but have suffered little loss. Internally clean (one sticker) and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
The Life of a Queen; Originally published in Germany, "Das Leben einer Konigin" by Portal, Colette (Written and Illustrated by) and Mardi, Marcia (Translated from English by) - 1964
by Portal, Colette (Written and Illustrated by) and Mardi, Marcia (Translated from English by)
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The Life of a Queen; Originally published in Germany, "Das Leben einer Konigin"
by Portal, Colette (Written and Illustrated by) and Mardi, Marcia (Translated from English by)
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New York.: A Venture Book / George Braziller Inc., 1964. First edition. German edition 1962. 1st English edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear w/ short tears, light soiling. Spine ends lightly damaged. Tear at rear jacket top edge fold.. 1 26 p. Orange cloth over boards; white line art, front, ants. White spine titles. Wraparound illustrated jacket. 24x28 cm. Color art w/ Pen&Ink added. RARE: Life of the queen of the blue ants, who "alone possesses the future, the hope, the promise of her people" and "alone will found a city". How hundreds of ants are born, how some grow to become workers--building tunnels, granaries, rooms, warehouses, stables for the thriving city. Others become hunters to bring home food or soldiers to protect the city from enemies. But, they grow careless. A fable in pictures for all ages. Sophisticated artwork.
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- Format/Binding Hard cover
- Book Condition Used - Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear w/ short tears, light soiling. Spine ends lightly damaged. Tear at rear jack
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition. German edition 1962. 1st English edition.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher A Venture Book / George Braziller Inc.
- Place of Publication New York.
- Date Published 1964
- Keywords Queen of the blue ants|Blue vs. Black ants|A fable in pictures for all ages|Ant city structure|Ant workers, hunters, soldiers
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The Life of a Queen
by Portal, Colette
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- Hardcover
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- 1st Edition
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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THE LIFE OF A QUEEN
by Portal, Colette
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- 1st Edition
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Bacova, Virginia, United States
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NY: George Braziller, 1964 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. First Edition. 25 pages, cloth. The beautiful story of the life of the queen of the blue ants. A fable told with exceptionally fine pictures for young & old. This is the author's first book. Previous owner's ink inscription. NEAR FINE in moderately worn dust jacket..
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THE LIFE OF A QUEEN
by Colette Portal
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- very good
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- first american edition
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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New York: George Braziller, 1962. first american edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 9 x 11 in. Cloth boards. Lavish color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, minimal wear to edges. Binding tight. Text very clean and unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; very clean, mild edge wear, one closed tear at lower front. Nat. Stax.
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The Life of a Queen
by Portal, Colette
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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- Thus First
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- Hardcover
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Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
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London: Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. Thus First. Hardcover. 1st UK edition printed by Blackie. Book clean and tight, some age related toning and marks, no inscriptions. DJ rubbed with shelf nicks and nibbles to corners and edges. Hard to find pub. By Blackie. ; Colour illlustr.; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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