Published by Henry Holt and Company (c.1937), New York, 1937
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by Helen Finger (illustrator). First Edition. [light shelfwear only to book, soft vertical creases in pages throughout the second half of the book; the jacket is age-toned but still attractive, with small tears and tiny bits of paper loss at several corners, miscellaneous tiny edge-nicks, 1.5" splits at bottom front hinge and top rear flapfold]. (B&W line drawings) This children's tale, by an American author who had "spent her childhood in Dettelbach [the story's setting] and has intimately known the people who appear in the book," is set in a medieval Bavarian town "300 years older than Nuremberg" -- an interesting comparison to make, given that Nuremberg had achieved a certain notoriety in the news just a couple of years earlier (think Laws; think rallies). The story tells of "Oskar, a chimney-sweep's helper, [who] lives in a funny little wooden shack on top of an ancient tower [and] longs to be a musician.".
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1937, 1ST EDITION, Red top edge. VG+/VG+ , Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, very attractive copy, has the following minor flaws: remnants of a bookplate on the front end-paper, slight tanning to the outer page-edge, the dustjacket is price-clipped and lightly scuffed on the rear panel, it is clean and features a wonderful red, & Yellow illustration on the front cover and spine, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, 200 pgs, tiny DJ edge Tears , lives in a funny wooden Shack on Top of ancient Tower. He longs to be a Musician of Violin, then Kate comes from Vienna to visit her Grandmother things bewgin to Happen, children are trapped in the old tower cellar & Hear strange Music, THEY TAKE MIDNITE RIDE ON LUMBER RAFT, & spend anxious moments in Gypsy Wagon. Dettelbach's history , Legends Cust.