Song of The Swallows
by Leo Politi
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
Item Price
£145.67£87.40
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Charles Scribners, 1949 First Edition. VG/none. Chocolate brown hard boards, white title on spine - library edition w/ library stamps. Some of the interior pages have small tears at the bottom from turning then pages of this well loved book. Beautiful, quaint water color illustrations by Leo Politi. Illustrations on every page. Caldecott award winner 1950. A delightful story of friendship between a young boy and an old man who is the Bell Ringer at San Juan Capistrano Mission. Juan, the young boy makes friends with all the sparrows that return every year.
Synopsis
Song of the Swallows is a book by Leo Politi. Published by Scribner, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1950.
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Details
- Seller
- Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 185
- Title
- Song of The Swallows
- Author
- Leo Politi
- Illustrator
- Leo Politi
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- California Mission, Father Junipero Serra, San Juan Capistrano, Return of the Swallows, Birds, gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles; Children;
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About the Seller
Supercalifabulistic Books
Biblio member since 2013
Mena, Arkansas
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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