Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back
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- First edition
- Harper & Row, 1963
The first edition of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein was published in New York by Harper & Row in 1963. We track 1 edition.
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- 1st Harper & Row1963 Hardback I own Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back, Harper & Row 1963 Log in to want this
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- Editions recorded
- 14 on Open Library, 8 in English
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Who published the first edition of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back?
The first edition of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein was published in New York by Harper & Row in 1963.
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