Kubie Nora Benjamin Harvé Stein (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stein, Harve (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight with just a bit of staining along bottom edge of front cover. DJ lots of chips and corner wear, piece missing from spine - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 161 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Clean and tight interior. Young boy hates Harrisport - wants to be back in the city with his friends in the city. All the kids here think about are boats. He bets one of the locals that he can be a perfect sailor but has no idea how he'll ever collect the bet. For ages 9-12.

First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm.); light blue publisher's cloth-backed boards in color pictorial dustwrapper; 161pp. Textblock toned and mildly soiled on edges; stain on title page and preceding blank leaf (recto). Ownership signature on half-title. Rear board has a couple dings, plus soiling along rear hinge. Spine has some material fading, rear crown abrasion. Dustwrapper soiled and worn; some tears w/ materal loss, especially along lower margins and crown of spine. Front inner panel price-clipped, with store sticker. Overall Very Good. Signed and dated by Harvé Stein, who illustrated many books for juvenile audiences. Kubie weaves a tale of how a young boy, with no prior interest in sailing, makes a wager that turns into a sailing race. Two-tone text-illustrations throughout.