The Story of Ferdinand
by Leaf, Munro
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ventura, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Viking, 1937. 6th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Octavo. Lawson, Robert. Previous owner's bookplate inside the cover. The dust jacket is sunned along the spine and edges. Missing chips along the top edge and spine of the dust jacket. Now in a new protective sleeve. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.
Synopsis
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when our pacifist hero is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? The first print run by Viking Press sold 14,000 copies at $1 each. The following year sales increased to 68,000, and by 1938 it was selling 3,000 copies a week - outselling Gone with the Wind (which had won the Pulitzer in 1937). The story is often seen as a political symbol, and was banned in many countries including Spain. Hitler ordered it to be burned in Germany, and after the Germans were defeated in WWII 30,000 copies were printed and handed out to German children as symbols of peace. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Calico Cat Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033555
- Title
- The Story of Ferdinand
- Author
- Leaf, Munro
- Illustrator
- Lawson, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 6th Printing
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Ferdinand
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Calico Cat Bookshop
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Ventura, California
About The Calico Cat Bookshop
An independent brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975 in Ventura, California. We buy and sell used and rare books.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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