The Four and Lena
by Barringer, Marie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Junior Literary Guild/ Doubleday Doran, New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (illustrated Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Maud and Miska Petersham. How to pronounce the phone words and what they mean. Green coloured end pages. Colour illustrated frontispiece, the black-and-white illustrations and the occasional coloured plate within the text have been created by Maude and Miska Petersham. Black coloured cloth covered boards with green coloured embossed illustration to the front panel and green coloured titles to the back strip. Pale green tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The adventures of Annaliese, Hansel, Lottchen and Friedl at their uncle's farm high up in the Black Forest, along with a plump white goose called Lena. Rubbing to the lower book edges with softening of the back strip edges and bumping to the top right hand corner of the front panel. Some darkening of the end pages. Light tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Some Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. There is a 0.25" tear to the top right hand corner of the back strip, with a similar sized tear to the top edge of the rear panel. The back strip shows sunning and there is rubbing of the book panels and edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 11 - 216 pages,. All Four Corners Clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maud and Miska Petersham. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Illustration; Germany; 1930s; Inventory No: 0290447. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290447
- Title
- The Four and Lena
- Author
- Barringer, Marie
- Illustrator
- Maud and Miska Petersham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (illustrated Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Junior Literary Guild/ Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Illustrated children's book, goose, Black Forest, Germany Children; Illustration; Germany; 1930s; Maud and Miska Petersham Unbranded Barringer, Marie The Four and Lena
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Chipping
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