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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.
Contributor:
Sendak, Maurice, illustrator.
Wong, Jeanyee, 1920-2017, calligrapher.
Tehon, Atha.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, publisher.
Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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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