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LENTIL
by McCloskey, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1940. Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of McCloskey's first book, a stunning depiction of small-town life in the 1940s United States. 12'' x 9''. Original tan cloth stamped in red. In original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by McCloskey lavishly in black and white throughout. Title printed in red. Unpaginated. Jacket with some edgewear and rubbing, closed tear at foot of spine repaired with tape, two other closed tears at rear joint and front fold respectively. Book with only light soil to boards.
Synopsis
Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder , McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer. He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000. You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13391
- Title
- LENTIL
- Author
- McCloskey, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- 20th century,1940s,American,Picture Book,Music
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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