Hansi
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Viking Press, 1934. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Very First Book by the author/illustrator who would become much better known for his popular "Madeline" series about the "12 little girls in 2 straight lines" living with the nuns in Paris. Hansi features a schoolboy in Tyrol, Austria-Hungary, where the author himself was born, with illustrations in both pencil/pen and ink & full color by the author throughout the unpaginated text. Orig. published in 1934, this is the Third Printing from Aug. 1942. Oversized hardcover is in only Good condition: with pictorial boards & a 1/16th blue cloth-wrapped spine, there is heavy rubbing to all extremities & fraying at both ends of spine. Light soil & scuffing. Former child owner had written his name on back cover & inside front & back cover, no other writing, but there is crayon coloring on 1 page. Lots of small smudges from little fingers & tanning/foxing to all page edges. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" image of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018703
- Title
- Hansi
- Author
- Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Illustrator
- Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BOYS AUSTRIA HUNGARY SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED WORLD WAR TWO WWII DOGS FICTION CHILDREN DACHSHUND VIENNA TYROL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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