Description:
Crane, Russak, & Co., Inc., 1977. Book. Illus. by Karma, Maija. Very Good. Hardcover. Light wear to cover corners. Moderate shelfwear, including tiny tear to dust jacket. Previous owner's lengthy, sweet gift note on front endpaper. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked..
No image available
Where Stories Grow: Tales From Finland Hardcover - 1977
by Topelius, Zacharias
Details
- Title Where Stories Grow: Tales From Finland
- Author Topelius, Zacharias
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American E
- Publisher Crane Russak, NEW YORK
- Date 1977
- ISBN 9780844811000
More Copies for Sale
Where Stories Grow: A Topelius Collection from Finland (
by Sperry, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780844811000
- ISBN 10
- 0844811009
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$16.35NZ$9.47 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
NZ$16.35
NZ$9.47
shipping to USA
WHERE STORIES GROW. A TOPELIUS COLLECTION FROM FINLAND.
by Sperry, Margaret, translator & adaptor. (Zacharias Topelius.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780844811000
- ISBN 10
- 0844811009
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
NZ$25.82NZ$8.59 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: Crane Russak, 1977. 94 pp, 9 3/8" H. B&w illustrations. "In this collection, (Zacharias) Topelius (1818-1898) reveals to us the wide horizons of his fantasy and his deep concern with the ethical principles which guide a sound life, whether it be personal or public. In 'Tikka The Tailor', (he) plays havoc with personal and community class prejudice. 'Little Genius' reveals the immortal spirit of creativity through a series of comic-tragic episodes. In 'Stars On The Snow' our hearts are moved by the absurd ugliness of race prejudice, our minds uplifted by the beauty of the Finnish Winter. 'Where Stories Grow' pokes delicious fun at class snobbishness and ignorance contrasted with the trusting, searching naivete of a young lad. 'The Ice King' (another name for Sampo the Little Lapp) has become one of the most precious tales of Scandinavia. The Arctic landscape with its fierce inhabitants fills the reader with a chill of excitement.…
Read More Item Price
NZ$25.82
NZ$8.59
shipping to USA
Where Stories Grow: A Topelius Collection from Finland
by Topelius, Zacharias
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780844811000
- ISBN 10
- 0844811009
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$32.70NZ$8.60 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: Crane Russak, 1977. Cloth. Fine/Good. Karma, Maija. Larger, thinner child's format book, dark blue cloth with silver illustration of boy and dog at bottom front right, very bright silver lettering on spine, ink note on first front end paper, 94 heavy pages, illustrations throughout. DJ glossy white lightly browned and dark blue with illustration of dozens of animals and man watching a flaming blue sun at bottom front, spine and all of back. DJ has very tiny tear and slight wear at top front tip, micronick at bottom front tip, 1/4" tear at spine top edge, tiny nick at spine bottom left edge, tiny jagged tear at top back edge, microtear at top back tip. Good DJ/Fine book.
Item Price
NZ$32.70
NZ$8.60
shipping to USA
WHERE STORIES GROW A TOPELIUS COLLECTION FROM FINLAND
by TOPELIUS ZACHARIAS
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- EARLY IF NOT A FIRST
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780844811000
- ISBN 10
- 0844811009
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$37.86FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
NY: CRANE RUSNAK, 1977. EARLY IF NOT A FIRST . Hardcover. Near Fine/VERY GO0D. KARMA MAIJA. SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED A BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE WORKS OF FINLAND'S MUCH BELOVED ZACHARIAS TOPELIUS BOUND IN BLUE WITH PERFECT SILVER LETTERING JACKET IS BRIGHT AND UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL PRICE 6.95 ONE CLOSED TEAR ON FRONT OF JACKET SOME MINOR WEAR AROUND THE TOP A VERY NICE COPY
Item Price
NZ$37.86
FREE shipping to USA
Where Stories Grow: A Topelius Collection from Finland
by Topelius, Zacharias
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780844811000
- ISBN 10
- 0844811009
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
- Item Price
-
NZ$38.72NZ$24.09 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Translated by Margaret Sperry. Illustrated by Maija Karma, one of Finland's most sensitive graphic artists. Several of the illustrations were especially created for this English-language collection of her beloved Topelius. (from d.j.) Zacharias (or Zachris) Topelius was to Finland what H.C. Andersen was to Denmark.
Item Price
NZ$38.72
NZ$24.09
shipping to USA