SCAF, LE PHOQUE. Albums du Pere Castor. Texte de Lida. Images de Rojan.

Published by [Paris]: Flammarion, 1936., 1936

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Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

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- Small oblong quarto [8-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers. The wraps are bumped & darkened with a white stain & a surface tear to the rear wrap. 32 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. There is occasional light foxing. There is a bookseller's label on the inside front wrap & a small sticker on the inside rear wrap. Very good. First edition.A beautifully written and illustrated story about a seal born on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. When humans begin harpooning the seals, the colony searches for a new home, braving storms and huge ice floes and fighting off a polar bear, until they find an idyllic island haven. The text is in French. Flammarion's "Albums du Pere Castor" initiated a new style and a new approach to children's books.Feodor Rojankovsky [1891-1970] was born in Russia and educated at the Moscow Fine Arts Academy. Shortly after the First World War he moved to France, then to America in 1941. He illustrated more than a hundred books, most concerned with animals and nature. He wrote: "Two great events determined the course of my childhood. I was taken to the zoo and saw the most marvelous creatures on earth: bears, tigers, monkeys and reindeer, and, while my admiration was running high, I was given a set of color crayons. Naturally, I began immediately to depict the animals which captured my imagination." Rojankovsky won the Caldecott Medal in 1956 for his illustrations for "Frog Went A-Courtin'".…

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Title
SCAF, LE PHOQUE. Albums du Pere Castor. Texte de Lida. Images de Rojan.
Author
(Rojankovsky, Feodor). Lida.
Publisher
[Paris]: Flammarion, 1936.
Publication year
1936
Condition
Very good
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 25 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.bluemountainbooks.com…

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd

581 Burnt Hill Rd
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