The First of the Penguins

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Overview:

Title: The First of the Penguins
Author: Mary Q. Steele
Year: 1973
ISBN-10: 002786880X
Publisher: Macmillan
Price: $4.95
Pages: 154
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The First of the Penguins
Notes:
Cloth reinforced binding, evidently the only 1st ed. format Price $4.95 and October publication are stated in School Library Journal 20.2 (Oct 1973), both: • review (mixed), p129 • advertisement, "Macmillan's Children's Books Fall 1973", p38-39 From the advertisement this one "cloth reinforced binding" rather than "trade edition".