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They Still Draw Pictures. A Collection of Sixty Drawings Made By Spanish Children During the War
by Weissberger, Jose A. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. This collection of children's drawings reflects the horrors of the Spanish Civil War as seen by its innocents. Copyright is held by the Spanish Child Welfare Association of America for the American Friends Service Committee. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. This is a Very Good (Plus) to near Fine copy. Orange paper wraps with black cloth spine; one of the drawings is reproduced on the front cover. Clean text; 14 pages, followed by the sixty plates. Moderate soiling; lightly sunned at the margins. There is a small previous-owner label on the verso of the front cover. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004175
- Title
- They Still Draw Pictures. A Collection of Sixty Drawings Made By Spanish Children During the War
- Author
- Weissberger, Jose A. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Spanish Civil War, Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Verso
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- Fine
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