Broomstick and Snowflake
by Falkberget, Johan; Thekia Welhaven (translator) & Helen Sewell (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Co. Very Good-. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. B & W woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 88 pages; 1933 Macmillan Co. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original pale blue cloth with pictorial title design in white to cover and spine. 1st edition, stated. Soundly bound and clean. Cloth a bit toned at spine, lightly crimped and rubbed with trace fray at spine ends. Corners lightly shelf bumped with superficial fray at bottom front corners. One of the earlier books pictured by highly regarded illustrator, Helen Sewell, who was also the original illustrator of the Wilder Little House books. This collection of related fairy tales is surprisingly scarce. The original Norwegian edition was published by Aschelon, Oslo, under the title ?Magic Mountains'." Illustrated throughout from Sewell's wood or lino cuts in full page and in-text renderings. Quite scarce. G++ to VG- .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51170
- Title
- Broomstick and Snowflake
- Author
- Falkberget, Johan; Thekia Welhaven (translator) & Helen Sewell (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fairy and Folk Tales;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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