HANSI de Bemelmans, Ludwig - 1962

E.M. Hale and Company , 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. This special edition is published by arrangement with the publisher of the regular edition, The Viking Press." Ex-lib., with usual stamps and labels, envelope on verso of rear board; 60 p., otherwise unmarked but with a few faint smudges on corners of first few pages--but then former owner must have been taught hand-washing; paper strong and only faintly age-toned; binding firm but front gutter cracked; pictorial boards, with black lettering on orange portion near top edge of front board and beige portion near lower edge, are rubbed at corners and abraded at corwn and foot of spine.

New York: E. M. Hale and Company, 1934. Special edition. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library book, cover somewhat soiled but protected by laminate, spine ends worn with small tears, page edges sharp, pages ssomewhat age-darkened.. Gray boards with black and orange illustration and titles, plastic laminated to covers. [63] pp. llustrated throughout in color and BW drawings. In English. Bemelmans was an essayist, humorist, novelist, artist and an author of books for children. Hansi was the first of Bemelmans' fifteen children's books. It was very well received by most reviewers. But it was Madeline, which brought Bemelmans his greatest success. -from www dotmadeline dotcom. In the book, Hansi goes to visit his uncle high up in the Tyrol where he goes skiing, visits the forest deer, and celebrates Christmas.

The Viking Press, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Binding cracked in front, piece of masking tape with price on inner front cover, cover has some rubbing and staining, corners very worn, text in nice shape

Viking Books for Young Readers, 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Illustrated by Bemelmans, Ludwig. Pages clean, though moderately age-toned throughout; binding secure, blue quarter cloth briefly frayed at the spine ends and showing some fading along the spine, tiny spots of finish attenuation, and a pale spot at the left front, otherwise clean and sound; illustrated paper boards bear chipping around the edges, a small bump and wrinkle at the top front edge and another at the top rear edge, gentle toning around the edges and a few tiny, brown spots, and some wear at the corners, otherwise vivid and attractive. Illustrations in color throughout.; 4to.

Hardcover. Good. E.M. Hale, Cadmus Books hardcover, 1934. Cover shows moderate edgewear, notably to corners. Call numbers in faint white on lower spine. Illustrations bright and pages unmarked. Binding tight. Some writing on back endpaper. Generally a nice copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Quarto. Extremities worn, about very good lacking the dustwrapper.

Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press. 1934, 1st Ed, Very Good, 4to,(oversized), blue cloth binding with yellow lettering, corners, top and bottom of spine rubbed, spine faded, edges of pages browning a little, otherwise interior pages are clean and tight, Bemelmans' first book.

New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Ludwig Bemelmans. By the author/illustrator of the "Madeline" books. Story about a litle boy in Innusbruck who was sent to spend the Christmas vacation with his uncle, his aunt, his cousin Lieserl, and their dog Waldl in an old house on the mountainside in the Austrian Tyrol. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped with original price of $2.50 on front flap. Dust jacket has a few small chips/tears around edges. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

New York, New York: Viking Press, 1934. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Very First Book by the author/illustrator who would become much better known for his popular "Madeline" series about the "12 little girls in 2 straight lines" living with the nuns in Paris. Hansi features a schoolboy in Tyrol, Austria-Hungary, where the author himself was born, with illustrations in both pencil/pen and ink & full color by the author throughout the unpaginated text. Orig. published in 1934, this is the Third Printing from Aug. 1942. Oversized hardcover is in only Good condition: with pictorial boards & a 1/16th blue cloth-wrapped spine, there is heavy rubbing to all extremities & fraying at both ends of spine. Light soil & scuffing. Former child owner had written his name on back cover & inside front & back cover, no other writing, but there is crayon coloring on 1 page. Lots of small smudges from little fingers & tanning/foxing to all page edges. Our photos depict the… Leer más