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The Elephant's Child (Just So Stories series)
by Kipling, Rudyard; Rojankovsky, F. (Illustrator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0382092996
- ISBN 13
- 9780382092992
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Comapny, Inc., 1942. First Thus . Hardcover. Good. Rojankovsky, Feodor. One in a series of lovely children's books each containing 1 of the original 12 "Just So Stories." Orig. published in 1900, this is the First Printing in this edition from 1942 (First, thus), with new pictures by Caldecott-winning Russian émigré illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky. Hardcover small 4to (7" x 9.5") has a light green cloth-wrapped spine with decorative paper over the remaining boards. Condition is Good: quite clean, binding straight & strong, hinges secure. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with wartime paper quality, but unmarked. Front matter pages creased, some others show short tears ascending from bottom edge near gutter. Both ends of spine show cloth fraying & loss; all edges rubbed, heaviest at corners. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022110
- Title
- The Elephant's Child (Just So Stories series)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard; Rojankovsky, F. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Rojankovsky, Feodor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0382092996
- ISBN 13
- 9780382092992
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Comapny, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- ANIMALS MYTH MYTHOLOGY MORAL TALES CHILDREN KIDS ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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