1st EDITION & 1st PRINTING, THE STORY OF FERDINAND 1936 BY MUNRO LEAF WITH DJ

Description: FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING, THE STORY OF FERDINAND 1936 BY MUNRO LEAF. DUST JACKET IS FROM A LATER PRINTING. DUST JACKET PROTECT IN BRO DART DJ. ABOUT AN INCH TEAR TOP RIGHT OF DUST JACKET, SEE PICS. Only 1500 copies were first published in September of 1936. Later that year the second and third printings were printed in the final months of 1936. Within a year of its publication, The Story of Ferdinand was outselling Gone with the Wind. The year after, Life Magazine called it “the greatest juvenile classic since Winnie-the-Pooh”. The Story of Ferdinand has never been out of print. "Ferdinand’s pacifism was a loaded political message, or at least interpreted as one. It was attacked from every angle. Ferdinand was labelled “subversive”, “Red Propaganda”, “Fascist Propaganda” and even an “unworthy satire of the peace movement”. Everyone had an opinion. The book was banned in Spain and Germany. Hitler demanded the burning of the Ferdinand as “degenerate propaganda”. It remained banned in Spain until Franco’s death in 1975. Stalin granted it privileged status as the only non-communist children’s book allowed in Poland. It is rumoured that Gandhi called it his favourite book. President Roosevelt requested a copy for the White House. When Germany fell, 30,000 copies of the book were distributed throughout the country as a peace-keeping mission.

Price: 649 USD

Location: Woodside, New York

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