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JIMMY SLIDERLEGS
by Hoffmann, Heinrich
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1924. First edition. Very good plus.. Scarce early 20th century American Struwwelpeter, with bright and jaunty Walter Hayn illustrations. Uncommon 1920s American Struwwelpeter, with English verses modeled after Hoffmann's righteous moral vignettes of merciless Justice visited upon careless and vicious children and additional embellishments on the theme of cruelty to animals. Contains the following verse titles: Jimmy Sliderlegs, Slovenly Peter, Cruel Frederick, The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb, The Story of Fidgety Philip, The Story of Flying Robert, Little Jacob, Frank the Liar, Tom the Thief, Paul the Tormentor, Simple Hans, Idle Fritz, Heedless Hugo, Ned the Toy-Breaker, and Prying Will. An appealing edition of these cautionary tales. 5.5'' x 4.25''. Original quarter red cloth with pictorial boards. Color paste-on mounted to front board. 127, [1] pages. Color frontispiece and bright color illustrations facing each page of text, "from the Original Designs by Walter Hayn." Light sunning and soil to boards and spine. Scattered light foxing and soil to pages; hinge just starting between pages 126 and 127.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26458
- Title
- JIMMY SLIDERLEGS
- Author
- Hoffmann, Heinrich
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- American,Germany,20th century
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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