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The Talking Skyscraper.
by BROWN, Slater, with illustrations by Oscar Fabres
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hyperion Press, (1945). First edition. Quarto (11" x 7.25"), 48 pages, illustrated in color throughout. Publisher's red cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in silver on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Edges lightly rubbed, brief wear at spine extremities, otherwise very good in moderately rubbed, soiled, & stained dust jacket with a couple of nicks & short tears without loss, still good or better.
"With this amusing and different story of an envious and vain skyscaper named Algebra, Slater Brown temporarily deserts the field of adult fiction to bring to younger readers something new in children's books. He recounts the fascinating tale of a dissatisfied Skyscraper who wanted to be recognized as the tallest in the world, and being unable to capture this coveted accolade from his forgetful cousin, the Street, or from the dignified Clouds or the wise and far-traveling Ships, he finds a new and unusual way to become the center of the whole city's attention."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1768
- Title
- The Talking Skyscraper.
- Author
- BROWN, Slater, with illustrations by Oscar Fabres
- Illustrator
- Oscar Fabres
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hyperion Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1945)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Skyscrapers, Juvenile Literature, Slater Brown, Oscar Fabres
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's, Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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