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Fattypuffs & thinifers / André Maurois ; Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maurois, André, 1885-1967.
- Standardized Title:
- Patapoufs et Filifers. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy.
- Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Brothers.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, 87 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- [First American edition].
- Manufacture:
- Kearny, New Jersey : Bound by Economy Bookbinding Corp.
- Other Title:
- Fattypuffs and Thinifers
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House, Inc.], [©1968]
- Language Note:
- Translation of Patapoufs et Filifers.
- Summary:
- Two brothers find a country under the earth whose citizens are segregated by weight.
- Contents:
- The double family
- The two boats
- The Thiniport Line
- The Fattyport Line
- The Thinifers at home
- Lord Chancellor Vorapuff
- President Rugifer
- The conference at Fattyfil
- Renewed warfare between Fattypuffs and Thinifers
- The Thinifers in the land of the Fattypuffs
- Fattypuffs and Thinifers
- The Return.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- "First American Edition."
- "Translation by Norman Denny."
- "Text set in Janson."--Colophon.
- "Ages 6 to 10."--Dust jacket.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 12793
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