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Some swell pup, or, Are you sure you want a dog? / story by Maurice Sendak and Matthew Margolis ; pictures by Maurice Sendak.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ7.S47 So copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sendak, Maurice.
- Margolis, Matthew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puppies--Juvenile fiction.
- Puppies.
- Puppies--Training--Juvenile fiction.
- Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Love.
- Frustration in children--Juvenile fiction.
- Frustration in children.
- Patience--Juvenile fiction.
- Patience.
- Wit and humor, Juvenile.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile fiction.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Dogs--Fiction.
- Dogs.
- Cartoons and comics.
- Puppies--Training.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1976.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Other Title:
- Are you sure you want a dog?
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1976]
- Summary:
- The Wise Passerby helps two children establish a happy relationship with their new rambunctious puppy.
- Notes:
- "Typography by Atha Tehon"--t.p. verso.
- "Calligraphy by Jeanyee Wong."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2 are "First edition, 1976".
- ISBN:
- 0374371342
- 9780374371340
- 0374469636
- 9780374469634
- OCLC:
- 2281497
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