LEIF THE LUCKY
by D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus in Fair Dustjacket
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1941. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus in Fair Dustjacket. Large quarto. Colorful pictorial front board which depicts young Leif, "sturdy, adventurous son of Erik The Red,".Mild rubbing to extremities.Illustrated by stone (crayon) lithographs and printed in five colors by George C. Miller of New York. Alternating black and white, and color illustrations throughout. Approximately 60 pp. Original $2.00 price to top of dustjacket flap. Dustjacket edgeworn with closed tears, and has done its job well to protect the book within. A nice, clean, if slightly "loved" book about a young lad, brave and adventurous. "Erik the Red had three sons. The one was called Torstein, the second Torvald, and the third was called Leif. And this is the story of Leif, Erik's son, who sailed with his father to Greenland and who later sailed still farther west and found there the continent of America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86983
- Title
- LEIF THE LUCKY
- Author
- D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus in Fair Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Norse Mythology
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...