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Schoolmaster Whackwell's wonderful sons : a fairy tale / by Clemens Brentano ; retold by Doris Orgel ; illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.B674 Sc
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brentano, Clemens, 1778-1842.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Fairy tales.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 86 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [1962]
- Summary:
- A suddenly poor man called Mr. Whackwell sends his five sons (called Gripsgrabs, Splishsplosh, Piffpaff, Pinkiepank, and Tiraling) into the world to learn for themselves and to follow their calling which is based on their name.
- Notes:
- "Design by Peter Oldenburg and Sophie Adler"--t.p. verso.
- Ilustrated green endpapers.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy has Gibralter Library Binding (The cover is made of impregnated cloth over binder's board and it is glue tight to the back of the book. It is washable, damp-proof, and soil resistant. Guarantee: This book is guaranteed for the life of the sheets).
- OCLC:
- 1408844
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