The Story of Ferdinand
by: Munro Leaf/Robert Lawson

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket that has been price-clipped. Bound in publisher's decorated pink paper-covered boards backed with a tan cloth spine. Stated First with no other printings. "First Published September 1936" with 1936 in Roman numerals on title page. Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree. Leaf's simple storytelling paired with Lawson's pen-and-ink drawings make The Story of Ferdinand a true classic. Touch of fading to spine, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.