In My Grandfather's House de Poortvliet, Rien - 1988

Harry N Abrams Inc. First Edition. Good. Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Abrams, Inc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Abrams, Inc. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Abrams Books, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine Light wear to spine edges; minor bump to top front board edge and board corners./Near Fine Minor bumping along edges and corners; now in mylar protector.. 240pp. 12 1/4 x 10 1/4" Includes 215 illustrations in full color. An illustrated saga about the artist's Dutch heritage. Shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire.

New York: Harry Abrams, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tight copy with minor wear to edges. Illustrated heavily by author. Previous owner's marking on half title page. The illustrator of "Gnomes" imaginatively captures his own heritage in a stunning visual recreation of his family, ranging from an eight-year-old cowherd in the 1600s up through the present day. Record # 369128

hardcover edition in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; some light offsetting/foxing to end papers; sound binding; cloth cover has rub wear along bottom edges , some light foxing/offsetting to panels, vivid titling; dj has foxing present to verso but no tears arebi

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Harry N Abrams, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Harry N Abrams, 1988. Fine/near fine. 12" x 10 1/4", 240 pages, including 215 illustrated in full color and 25 illustrated in b&w. Unmarked copy. Jacket has bookseller's price sticker on the front.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. 240 pp, oblong (10 1/4" H x 12 1/8" D). Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. "(T)he fascinating saga, told with pen and brush, of a rural family in old Holland - the Poortvliets - going back ten generations to Cornelis Adriaensz, who died in 1649. Characteristically evocative, Poortvliet's work is remarkable in its ability to touch us. With equal skill he conveys the coziness of a comfortable house set in a bleak and brooding snowy landscape and the light-hearted revelry of a winter carnival. (This book) does not conjure up a romantic vision of the past - the Dutch countryside was not all tulips and windmills. There was hardship and hard work, like that of the young cowherd seen here - an eight-year-old boy whose long and lonely day began at four o'clock in the morning and only ended when he returned home at six o'clock in the evening. We learn of the many Dutch families in the early days who endured the deaths of five, ten, or more… Leer más