The Lost Zoo (A Rhyme for the Young, But Not Too Young) [Beatrice Murphy's Copy]
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1940
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2009
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 300.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1940]. First Edition Stated with letter code K-P. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's yellow cloth lettered in blue; [12],72pp.; color frontispiece, fifteen leaves of color plates (collated complete). Ex-District of Columbia Public Library with their gift ex libris from the Beatrice M. Murphy Foundation to front free endpaper, otherwise free of institutional markings; cloth a bit dust-soiled, scuffed and worn at spine ends and corners; about Very Good, internally clean and sound. Provenance: Ownership rubber-stamp of the aforementioned Beatrice Murphy, poet, educator, and founder of the Negro Bibliographic and Research Center in Washington, DC.
Seller Inventory # 45180
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Lost Zoo (A Rhyme for the Young, But Not Too Young) [Beatrice Murphy's Copy]
- Author
- Christopher Cat and Countee Cullen; Charles Sebree [illus.]
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York
- Publication year
- 1940
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists, Children's Literature, Poetry, Provenance / Association Copies
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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| First item | US$ 4.50 | US$ 10.99 |
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We are a neighborhood independent bookstore in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood, across from Eastern Market.
Specialty
Modern and First Editions, Used & Rare Books, Military HistoryAssociation member
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Hecatomb Holdings, LLC
657 C Street, SE
Washington, DC U.S.A. 20003
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