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Dobry
by Shannon, Monica
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1935. 2nd printing of the first edition full cloth hardcover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Flatsigned by Monica Shannon on title page. Prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown, with name also inked there. Dust jacket neatly four corner trimmed at flaps, but retains original $2.00 price, rubbed and chipped along edges. Newbery medallion chipped. New mylar cover. 176pp., illustrations by Atanas Katchamakoff. 1935 winner of the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children in the year 1934. Much of the story is based loosely on the early life of Atansas Katchamakoff, illustrator of this tale and a well known sculptor who was once a peasant boy in Bulgaria, much like Dobry.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Katchamakoff, Atanas. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Synopsis
Dobry is a book by Monica Shannon that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1935.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064768
- Title
- Dobry
- Author
- Shannon, Monica
- Illustrator
- Katchamakoff, Atanas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Keywords
- Newbery Medal Children's Illustrated Collectible Dobry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
Biblio member since 2004
Skyway, Washington
About Turn-The-Page Books
Customer service is our top priority! Susan is an ALA member librarian and lifelong book collector and enthusiast. Peter has happily spent over 30 years in the used book business. Books are well packaged to prevent damage in transit.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Flatsigned
- A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...
- VG/VG
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