A Book of Magic Animals
by Manning-Sanders, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0525269355
- ISBN 13
- 9780525269359
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: E.P.Dutton & Co. Inc, 1975 VG+/VG. 8vo. original gblue cloth (slightly rubbed & marked, some spotting & offsetting to endpapers & leaf edges, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced $5.95 (rubbed & a little frayed, slightly sunned and toned); pp. 128 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy.. First US. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. Illus. by Robin Jacques.
Synopsis
A Book of Magic Animals is a 1975 anthology of 11 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1974, by Methuen & Co. Ltd. Some of tales from this book are recollected in Folk and Fairy Tales (1978) by Manning-Sanders.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029976
- Title
- A Book of Magic Animals
- Author
- Manning-Sanders, Ruth
- Illustrator
- Robin Jacques
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First US
- ISBN 10
- 0525269355
- ISBN 13
- 9780525269359
- Publisher
- E.P.Dutton & Co. Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Ruth Manning Sanders Book of Magic Animals Childrens Literature Folk Stories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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