Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light shelf wear else clean and beautiful; matching dust jacket with a few scrapes, wear and tiny losses. Retelling of an old Viennese folk tale about how two close friends learn to accept a new friend. Lively, colorful artwork throughout. Wiesner fled Vienna in 1938 for fear of persecution, ending up in New York where he had intended to start a puppet theater, for which he was famous in his homeland. However, he found more work as an illustrator of children's books and as a muralist. See German Children's & Youth Lit. in Exile pgs 272-3. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 008055

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Title: Three Good Friends, An Old Story Retold and ...

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York

Publication Date: 1946

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Rare and collectible children's books and fine illustrated books. Catalogs issued. Frequently exhibit at antiquarian bookfairs in the Northeast US. We carefully research and describe our books and have high standards for condition. We do our best to mention any flaws and rarely carry ex-library copies, on the rare chance that we do, it will be mentioned in the book description. We do not drop ship or blind ship, all packages will be marked and include branded labels and material.

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E M Maurice Books, LLC
358 Ledge Drive, Torrington, CT, 06790, U.S.A.

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