The acorn tree / story and pictures by Valenti Angelo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, author, illustrator.

Contributor:

Viking Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Fiction.

Birds.

Jays--Food--Juvenile fiction.

Jays.

Blue jays--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Private press books (Printing)

Case bindings (Binding)

Decorated paper bindings (Binding)

Dust jackets (Binding)

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

39, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth printing.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Viking Press, 1962.

Summary:

A bluejay tries very hard to fill a hollow oak tree with acorns for himself, but his efforts turn into a big joke. Preschool - Grade 3.

Notes:

"Fourth printing September 1962"--Verso of title leaf.

Binding: full yellow cloth; title and illustration stamped in red and blue on left board; title in blue and author's and publisher's names in red on spine; color illustrated endpapers; dust jacket.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: dust jacket (with label: "VIKING Library Binding") retained.

OCLC:

1390447986