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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1940).. Original decorated boards. Cracked in several places, Good. No Dust Jacket. . Good. Hardcover. 1940.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Paulo Werneck. 4to. Pages not numbered. First published in Brazil. A picture book with a simple story. Very nice illustrations by Paulo Werneck. Paper over boards, cloth spine. Some water stains at bottom of pages, cover somewhat worn and soiled. Good only.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940 This oversized, hard cover, is in GOOD CONDITION. No jacket. Unpaginated, with wear and darkening to covers, small water stain and cracked hinge. PRINTED IN BRAZIL. This book represents the State Department's good-neighbor policy with South America, with an exchange of literature and education. A Brazilian Folktale, delightfully & colorfully illustrated throughout. CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Unpaginated, 12 1/2" H. Beaufifully illustrated in colour. When drought strikes a Brazilian native family, they trek to find a new home. Along the way, they encounter Carnauba, a woman turned into a palm tree by the Moon. She instructs the young boy in how to obtain food, drink, shelter, medicine and clothing from the palm and asks him to plant palm nuts in return for her help. Years later, when a plantation grows on what once was desert, the boy carries the nuts of the Tree of Providence to other native Brazilians. A few minor soft wrinkles at top of three pages, three small areas of surface paper loss on boards - at top and botton corner of front board and a little larger on the rear board near hinge, very small tear at top of front hinge, light soiling to boards, scattered light wrinkling and bubbling of paper on boards.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Paulo Werneck..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Number 166 of presentation edition, with slip attached to title page. Printed in Brazil. Illustrated with full-page lithographs by Paulo Werneck. 1 vols. Small Folio. White cloth spine and pictorial boards. Spine starting to split at top, else fine. Number 166 of presentation edition, with slip attached to title page. Printed in Brazil. Illustrated with full-page lithographs by Paulo Werneck. 1 vols. Small Folio.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Limited ed. Hardcover. g. Numbered presentation copy. 4to. Unpaginated. 1/4 white leather over colorfully illustrated paper covered boards with brown and black lettering to cover, within glassine jacket. Seated in burlap slipcase. Mounted-on colored paper card onto slipcase, that reads "Christmas Greetings from Brazil". Scuffing, rubbing and tears to slipcase, with some parts missing. Tears to glassine jacket, which is separated into three pieces, but almost complete. Very minor rubbing, scuffing and staining to boards. Slip attached to title page: "Please accept with the best wishes and season's Greetings of the Publishers this special numbered Presentation copy of THE LEGEND OF THE PALM TREE." Illustrated title page. Wonderful children's book. "The Legend of the Palm Tree has been awarded a prize by the Children's Literature Committee of the Ministry of Education, which has undertaken its publication in order to familiarize the children of Brazil with the folklore… Leer más