THE STORY OF FERDINAND

by Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson

$6,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

New York: Viking, 1936. First printing. First edition of the pacifist children's classic, soon to be banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Fine in very good plus jacket. Item #33915 The first collaboration of Lawson and Leaf, FERDINAND was a hit with children but caused controversy among adults: the story of the bull who would rather smell the flowers than

• Printing: first

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