Heidi
by Spyri, Johanna
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Temperance, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
An 1881 children's classic. This volume from World Printing is a First printing, April 1946. Colorful boards with leaves and ferns. No DJ. Boards are in very good condition, showing minor wear at the top and bottom of spine. Bottom of spine is bumped. Top, front end of book is bumped. Spine is green with gilt lettering. No names of previous owners. Pages are clean, not torn and the corners are not bent. Spine is tight. Nonsmoking. Proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to our local library. Thanks in advance for your support.
Synopsis
Heidi is a classic children's book first published in 1881 in Germany by Swiss author Johanna Spyri in two parts: Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning , and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned. Subtitled: "Geschichten für Kinder wie auch für Solche, Welche Kinder lieb haben von Johanna Spyri” Stories for children as well as those that love children by Johanna Spyri). It is one of the best-selling books ever written, and one of the best-known pieces of Swiss literature. Heidi tells the story of the namesake orphan brought to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Her cheery attitude wins the heart of her grumpy grandfather, the friendship of a goatherd Peter and his family, and the friendship of Clara, an city-dwelling invalid who later regains her mobility after visiting Heidi in the mountains. Two sequels, Heidi Grows Up and Heidi's Children, were not written by Spyri, but by her English translator, Charles Tritten.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harvey and Associates (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 184
- Title
- Heidi
- Author
- Spyri, Johanna
- Illustrator
- Leonard Weisgard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company, Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 334
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics; Children's Action & Adventure Books;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Children & Juvenile Children's Classics
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
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- Fiction & Literature World Literature
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