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Hippo Happenings Jungle Doctor's Fables #4
by White, Paul (1910-1992)
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
London: The Paternoster Press, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrations by Harry Rogers..
Publisher's blue cloth with stamped titles and front series emblem. Illustrated end pages. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket has the price and is now in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has light edge wear along the spine. 8vo; 7.25 inches tall; 74 pages. 57 illustrations by Harry Rogers. First Edition, First Printing.
[Ref. Fantastic Fiction]. Boohoo the unhappy hippo was always in trouble. He had the kind of face which frightened even him when he saw it in a mirror, while the rest of him wasn't very much more beautiful! On top of all this, he suffered from hay-fever, and an Awful Desire to Do Good! Mind you, he was an expert at cracking coconuts, if that is, you like licking your coconut milk up off the ground!
Background: Paul Hamilton Hume White (1910 - 1992) was an Australian missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author. His books are based in Africa and depict African folklore and missionary adventure. Many of White's stories include moral teaching.
Publisher's blue cloth with stamped titles and front series emblem. Illustrated end pages. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket has the price and is now in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has light edge wear along the spine. 8vo; 7.25 inches tall; 74 pages. 57 illustrations by Harry Rogers. First Edition, First Printing.
[Ref. Fantastic Fiction]. Boohoo the unhappy hippo was always in trouble. He had the kind of face which frightened even him when he saw it in a mirror, while the rest of him wasn't very much more beautiful! On top of all this, he suffered from hay-fever, and an Awful Desire to Do Good! Mind you, he was an expert at cracking coconuts, if that is, you like licking your coconut milk up off the ground!
Background: Paul Hamilton Hume White (1910 - 1992) was an Australian missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author. His books are based in Africa and depict African folklore and missionary adventure. Many of White's stories include moral teaching.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17871
- Title
- Hippo Happenings Jungle Doctor's Fables #4
- Author
- White, Paul (1910-1992)
- Illustrator
- Illustrations by Harry Rogers.
- Format/Binding
- Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Paternoster Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Inspirational; Christian Theology; Medical Missionary; Christian Fiction; Fables
- Bookseller catalogs
- RELIGION, FAITH & SPIRITUALITY;
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