Verlag: New York: Macmillan, 1943., 1943
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
Hardcover - Early printing (first published in 1940.) A sensitive story of a boy and his family living high in the mountains of Mexico. Frontispice. Both full-color and one-color illustrations by Karl Larsson. 96 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Near fine in orange cloth, lacking the dust jacket.
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Larsson, Karl (illustrator). 3rd Printing. 7 3/8" x 9" 96 pp. One color (terracotta) and 4-color half-tone illustrations throughout. Fully illustrated endpapers (in terracotta) have one small closed tear and a narrow band of discoloration near spine but are good. Text and illustrations are clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Terricotta colored cloth boards with black title running vertically have been sunned in part but are clean and tight with minimal wear. Handsome illustrastions by Karl Larrson.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Karl Larsson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Inscribed on half-title page by Karl Larsson with an original drawing. Book is otherwise clean and unmarked. Pieces of the dust jacket are included. 96 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).
Verlag: Macmillan, , 1st, April 1940; blue cloth with red titles, cream endpapers with brown landscape; 7.25x8.8; 96 pp., New York, 1940
Anbieter: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, USA
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/Karl Larsson. (illustrator). CONDITION: Good Plus without jacket, 1940 gift inscription, a bit splayed, faded edges and corners, top spine bumped and frayed off. Juvenile hardback. A "little village boy meets American tourist child" plot, well told. With coloured portraits and village scenes of Mexico as well as many peaceful sepia drawings and pictorial endpapers. ABE Heritage Seller, since 1996: Conservative AB condition grading, secure packing, international shipping. /Karl Larsson.
Verlag: Macmillan. 1940., 1940
Anbieter: Old Friends Used Books, Manchester, CT, USA
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First edition. Good+ book, no jacket. {050324].
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Larsson, Karl (illustrator). Book has light wear to the edges and corners, with slight yellowing to the gutters and spine, an inch-and-a-half blue smudge next to the title. Light toning can be seen on the inner covers and cover pages, otherwise in great shape. Well-bound with bright pages that are crisp and unmarked.
Verlag: John Lane The Bodley Head, London, United Kingdom, 1938
Anbieter: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Larsson, Karl (illustrator). Fair, hardcover.(Large children's book format, 0ctavo) Reasonably clean, bright and tight. Dustjacket chipped, torn and worn. Binding a little loose. but otherwise text block in bright clean condition. No foxing noted, illus. in colour and b&w. No annotation.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, Published April 1940. 1st edition. 1st Printing, VG-/GOOD. AS-IS, Blue Cloth Hardbound Lettered in Red on Front & Spine Cvr with Slight Warp Cvr, Full color frontispiece. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Soiling to covers, edgewear. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, soiling & small edge Tears. Chunks missing from top & bottom of spine. DJ PROTECTED by Clear Brodart cover. 96 pages. Solid blue hard cover children's book, boards with mild shelf wear and soiling, Interior nice tight clean Light Fox Wear. Spine DJ Fade & wear along edges & small End Chips removing part Publishers Name at Bottom, Quarto, Light chipping Inner Fold DJ ,IN BROWN & WHITE, Brown & WHITE ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS OF MOUNTAIN SCENE WITH PEOPLE walking WITH Burros & Their Belongings On Wide TRAIL with Cactus Plants has Former Owner Names. Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $2 Intact. Color Frontispiece matches DJ Illustration ,It was on a Gay Fiesta Day when the Whole Family came to the City from The Small Village to sell Their Pottery in Market Place, that Pedro Met the Rich Senorita & a New Life Began for this Little Mexican Boy. Pedro's Family was Poor & though he was 10, he had never Been to School. He was happy to get a Job as House Boy at American Lady's LOVELY HOME. He meets a Little boy his age named Bill, & Later saves His Life.
Anbieter: Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, USA
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[Mexican-American Literature] Flack, Marjorie and Larsson, Karl. Pedro. New York: Macmillan Company, 1940. First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. ___ pages. Measures ___. Pedro's family was poor and though he was ten, he had never been to school. He was very happy to get a job as house boy at the American lady's lovely home and the few pesos she promised him seemed a fortune to his parents and his small brother Angel. Every day brought new experiences to Pedro, not the least being his friendship with Bill, a young American his own age. And when he save Bill's life at a rodeo, Bill's family was very grateful and asked him to stay on in their home and go to school. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a former owner's bookplate on the inside of the front cover, but no other marks and very few signs of previous use. The grey covers are clean, with light edgewear overall, and heavier wear and some fading to the spine. The dust jacket is in Poor condition, with a corner clip, and about half the spine missing. The cover has been backed with similarly colored cardboard, so it presents a decent first impression on the shelf. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Overall, in very good condition.
Verlag: John Lane The Bodley Head London, 1938
Anbieter: Deightons, Bournemouth, Vereinigtes Königreich
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1st edition. Oblong small 4to. 32pp. Yellow cloth with colour drawing of two children on cover, red and black lettering in white panel area. Dw repeats cover design, not price clipped 3s 6d net. Blue pictorial decorative eps. Colour title and 6 double page colour drawings, others bw. Very small owner's name on ffep. Covers : small bump top of spine, slight rubbing to corners else very clean & bright. Dw : 2 x 1cm loss top of spine, some grubby/dusty marks rear, 2cm closed tear bottom rear edge else clean & complete. Contents : slight loosenong to internalstring tie erlse very clean & tight & unfoxed. Bright attractive copy. VG+/VG-.