MAGIC MAIZE by Buff, Mary & Conrad, Illustrated by Conrad Buff - 0

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First Edition (same date on title and copyright pages). Lime green cloth boards stamped in red. Light wear at head and foot of spine. Color illustrated endpapers. Sticker blemish in upper corner of ffep. Some spots of soiling on a few pages. Dust jacket shows edge chipping, including at head and foot of spine; spine worn; not price clipped ($3.00). DJ in archival sleeve. B/w illustrations plus several full-page color illustrations. 76, [1] pp. 10.75 x 7.75 inches. Magic Maize was a recipient of the Newbery Honor in 1954. Set in contemporary Guatemala, the story tells of the adventures of Fabian, a boy from a traditional Mayan family. Mary Buff (1890-1970) and Conrad Buff (1886-1975) were a married couple who co-created children's illustrated books. They resided in southern California and between 1937 and 1968 they published fourteen books.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. 77 pages, cloth. Story of an Indian boy of Guatemala illustrated with beautiful lithographs in fabulous color & black & white. Dj lightly edge worn with won small chip missing from top front edge Newbery Honor Book, no award medal on dust jacket. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Fine in very good dustwrapper with some rubbing and a couple of tears.