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21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish, 21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish, 21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish, 21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish

Little Appleby, blessed with an odd name and many relatives, longs to find a Zebra butterfly for his Cousin Clement's 99th birthday. What follows is a kind of sequential alphabet novel, first envisioned by Anne Parrish and her brother as children. Many pictures full and in text with the letter names cleverly worked in. NEWBERY HONOR BOOK. .Note: This book has been SOLD.

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21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish
21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish
21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish
21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish
Appleby-Capple.
Parrish, Anne.
/AP, illustrator.
New York: Harper and Brothers (1950) probable 1st, no medal or mention of 1951 Newbery Honor, "recent" 1948 book mentioned; yellow boards with a small Appleby; endpapers with a green leaf on which is written a poem and little drawings of Appleby and his A; in cream jacket with the hero surrounded by a green leafy border, a large photo and bio of the author on the back; 8.7x12"; 184 pp.
Picture Book Hardcover.
CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; no names or other marks, straight, tight, bright; front bottom corner rubbed to card 1/4"; top spine joint narrowly chipped for 3/8"; endpapers and pages very clean and unwrinkled; nice, crisp clipped jacket has 1/8" or less chips in same areas, half inch tear on back margin, light soil to back and tanned spine and margins.
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21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish
21585 Appleby-Capple by Parrish
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21585