Language: English
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1927
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Blue Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Herbert Gurschner (illustrator). First Edition. Fading to spine and edges of covers, name on back of flyleaf, otherwise a sound unmarked copy. Jacket shows edgewear (titles and artwork unaffected), soiling, not price clipped.
Language: English
Published by Alfred a Knopf, New York, 1927
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Herbert Gurschner (illustrator). 359 pages; 24 chapters. Pages tight; minor page wear; page edges cut roughly and darkened. no markings on pages; Few b/w interpetations throughout book including frontispiece. Blue hard covers with gild lettering on spine. Minor shelf wear. White dust jacket with lettering and colorful illustration of boy in grassy area on front. Some rubbing and fading; small tears on dj edges and spine ends; slight soiling. Story of a travelor who discovers in a lonely village of the Tyrolean mountains the likeness of a youth and raven painted on houses. The travelor discovers the quasi-legendary story of this youthful miracle worker whom the villagers accepted as a second Christ. -- a modern parallel to the story of the Messiah. RARE VINTAGE COPY.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Herbert Gurschner (illustrator). 359 pages, illustrated in b&w by Herbert Gurschner. "In a lonely village of the Tyrolean mountains, a traveller finds painted on houses and carved on door-posts the likeness of a yellow-haired youth with wild blue eyes." FINE- HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET, price is clipped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Ötz Galerie zum alten Ötztal, 2002
Seller: Antiquariat time, Matrei am Brenner, Austria
1.Aufl. 58 S., 1.Aufl., 8vo, OKart, OU, sehr guter Zustand, 2 SW-Fotos des Künstlers, viele färbige Abb. Sprache: Deutsch 1000g gr.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, London, 1927
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 55.37
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Gurschner, Herbert (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 315. Original cloth. A crisp copy but there is splitting to the external hinges. Portion of d/w pasted to front paste down endpaper. Located (London), dated and signed by the author to title page.
US$ 173.03
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. Herbert Gurschner (illustrator). First edition. A signed, first edition of Louis Golding's fantasy novel, set in Germany during the 1920s, with striking illustrations by Herbert Gurschner. The first edition of the work. Inscribed by the author to 'Strobe, from Louis Golding, to go wandering from Shoe Lane to the Floriansthal', dated January 1932. This charming note is a reference to a location used in the novel. Written by English author Louis Golding, who was known for his Jewish themes and his fierce opposition to anti-Semitism and Nazism. This particular novel is set in the 1920's in a post-war Germany, as with many of Golding's other novels. 'The Miracle Boy' tells the story of a young boy growing up in rural Germany with his companion, a pet raven. The boy's artistic talents lead to him travelling to Munich to further his skills. Illustrated with striking monochrome drawings to accompany the story, by British painter Herbert Gurschner. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, lovely, with light shelf wear only. Light offsetting to endpapers, with the odd spot to the fore edge. Author's ink inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound, with bright, clean pages. Near Fine. signed by author. book.