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Florina and the Wild Bird
by Chonz, Selina; Translators: Anne and Ian Serraillier
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1952. Hard. Very Good. Carigiet, Alois. Cloth backed pictured boards -- a first issue point for the real first Edition issued in the English language. (American edition, published a year later, is cloth bound and came with a jacket.) Faint soil on rear white cover, else Fine. No jacket issued. Glorious, full page color illustration. A little Swiss girl rescues and cares for a wild bird before returning it to the freedom of the sky. New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Smarty Pants
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91519
- Title
- Florina and the Wild Bird
- Author
- Chonz, Selina; Translators: Anne and Ian Serraillier
- Illustrator
- Carigiet, Alois
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1952
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About the Seller
Smarty Pants
Biblio member since 2006
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
About Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants specializes in collectible, vintage (mid-20th century) children's picture books and books about art.
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