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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014-03-04. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014-03-04. Hardcover. Used:Good.

First American edition, published by Simon and Schuster in July, 1928. Foreward by John Galsworthy. Unjacketed hardcover, cover as shown with this listing is rubbed and bumped. Printed endpapers, previous owner inscription on front endpaper. Text is clean and appears unmarked. Binding firm, edges aged. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1928. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine faded. Endpapers drawing in 2-colors, b&w illustrations by Kurt Wiese. American First edition as stated on copyright page. The classic adventures of a young deer growing up and learning about life in the forest until he becomes as his father was, a magnificent stag. John Galsworthy was an advance reviewer, reading the galley proofs in March 1928 and he described it thusly: "Clear and illuminating, and in places very moving, it is a little masterpiece." Record # 374376

Cape, 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.9985 cent in x 20.9841 cent in x 14.3891 cent in. 6th impression 1961

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928 teal green cloth a little sunned at spine. lacks DW. pictorial endpapers and chapter heads by unknown artist. foreword by John Galsworthy, a few pencil notes to pastedown (minor) at front and rear. very minor bit of label remains at foot of rear pastedown from a bookseller label. rear hinge a little loose but not split, 209pp tidy tight clean text. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by anon. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Simon and Schuster, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 209 pages. The true American first edition, limited to 1,000 copies "for distribution among friends of The Inner Sanctum in advance of publication." No jacket, as issued. Includes, laid-in, the wrap-around strip issued at printing which describes its publication plans; this is very toned, with light edgewear and minor chipping at creases. Green cloth with gilt spine titles, gilt sharp and bright at title, a little darkened for the subtitle, author, and publisher. Few faint stains to cloth, light edgewear to corners and spine tips. Spine square. There is a loose signature which spans the one-page foreword and pages 1-4 of the text; binding else intact, with the signature still laid-in, and no missing pages. Pictorial endsheets. Pages lightly toned, interior else clean and unmarked.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1928. First English Language Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 293 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Full binding of green cloth with black lettering on spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Mild shelfwear. Soiling to spine. Some staining to front and rear covers. Age-toning and light foxing to textblock. Spine slightly cocked. Features illustrations throughout by Kurt Wiese. Shelved in Case 14. 1371015. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

One of one thousand copies of an advance edition apparently issued without a dustjacket. Notation about the edition on the page facing page 1. Basis for the Disney film. Translated by one of the principals in the Alger Hiss scandal. A tight clean copy with minimal bumping of the corners and spine. Page edges slightly dirty, gold on spine somewhat faded. Still, an excellent copy of this scarce issue which the publishers said they would always prefer to the trade edition. Scarce.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Kurt Wiese. A first edition, first printing of the first English translation of Felix Salten's charming coming-of-age novel, 'Bambi, a Life in the Woods'. 'Bambi, a Life in the Woods' is a coming-of-age novel following this well-loved young deer from his birth until his adulthood. It is considered to be an early environmental novel, and was adapted into an acclaimed animated film by Walt Disney Productions in 1942.Felix Salten (1869-1945) was an author and literary critic, with this work and its sequel 'Bambi's Children' being his best known works. Walt Disney's films 'Perri' and 'The Shaggy Dog' were also adapted to screenplay from works by Salten.The first English translation of this work.Wonderfully illustrated throughout by Kurt Wiese.A first English edition, first impression of this children's work, adored worldwide. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally a trifle worn, with a few stains to the… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first US edition, first printing. Green cloth hard covers, with gilt titling to spine and deer cameo to front, in unclipped dust jacket. Jacket toned, with some shallow loss to extremities. Spine titles tarnished, with moderate fading to edges of covers; edges and endpapers toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated endpapers.