Chicago: The Book House for Children. Fine with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition Thus. Thirtieth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, color paste-on on cover, illustrated endpapers. 190, (2) pp. Copiously illustrated in full color and B&W by Maud and Miska Petersham. Includes a colorful map of Holland and Index. Tales Told in Holland' consists chiefly of short stories with a few translations from the greatest Dutch poets, and a few old Dutch Nursery Rhymes, as naive and nonsensical as our English rhymes, and contrasting interestingly with the far more sophisticated rhymes of the French. There is a least one story from each of the eleven Dutch Provinces which form the kingdom o the Netherlands; fanciful folk tales from the little known heath and fen country of Groningen, Drente, Overyssel and Gelderland where the fold must make up for the barrenness of their land by the fruitfulness of their fancy; realistic tales from the freen and fertile provinces of Friesland, Utrecht, North Holland, South Hollan and Zeeland, with their typical Dutch scenery.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE.. Color and B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 190, (2) pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12757
Title: TALES TOLD IN HOLLAND
Author: Miller, Olive Beaupre
Illustrator: Maud & Miska Petersham
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus. Thirtieth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Book House for Children
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Dutch Stories, Holland

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