Tales of a Chinese grandmother. Illustrated by Malthe Hasselriis. by [CHINA -- FAIRY TALES]. CARPENTER, Frances [Aretta] - 1945.
by [CHINA -- FAIRY TALES]. CARPENTER, Frances [Aretta]
Tales of a Chinese grandmother. Illustrated by Malthe Hasselriis.
by [CHINA -- FAIRY TALES]. CARPENTER, Frances [Aretta]
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- Hardcover
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1945. Tall 8vo. xii, [2], 261 pp. Colour frontisp., numerous colour plates, black & white text illustrations. Yellow cloth, red lettering on spine, butterfly illust. on front cover, illust. endpapers, w/ d.j. cover art by Hasselriis (chipping & tears to upper fore-edge of front & back cover), still NF/G- copy, from the library of Alice Brown Powell (1882-1971), who was responsible for naming the historic “Deepwood” home in Salem, OR, named after a favorite children’s book by Albert Bigelow Paine. Early printing of this title in the author’s “Grandmother” fairy tale series, companion volume to Tales of a Korean Grandmother, and Tales of a Russian Grandmother. Hasselriis (1888-1970) noted Danish miniaturist known for his paintings of Pearl S. Buck, Madame Chiang Kai-shekc, and President Kennedy.
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- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.,
- Place of Publication Garden City, NY:
- Date Published 1945.
- Keywords Fairy Tales, Chinese, China, Asia, East Asia, Children’s Literature, Folklore, Folk Tales, Frances Carpenter, Grandmother Series, Malthe Hasselriis, Danish Artists, Denmark