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  • Item #56468016
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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1214 CBCS 5.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #22-1A5028B-004

    Ended Jul 25 2022
    Winning Bid $31

    Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR NATURE STORIES, No. 1214." Painted cover art. Animals of the Land; quick facts about reindeer, deer mouse, coypu, snapping turtle, the fisher, and collared peccary. The Blazing Canyon Mystery; Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs the Raccoon use a bulldozer to dig a fire line and contain a forest fire set by a poacher. Facts about the musk ox. Facts about the California condor. Eager Beavers; Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs have to contend with a band of beavers that persist in damming up a stream and flooding Smokey's cabin. The Land Grabbers; After Smokey finishes constructing a causeway to help protect an egret colony, Slick and Gimp use a loophole in the law to set up a fishing boat rental on the edge of the colony. Facts about various animals. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15. Grade: CBCS 5.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)