first edition
1937 · New York
by Seredy, Kate
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Very good in very good minus jacket.. First edition of this Newbery Award winner, recounting stories from Hungarian history on a mythological scale. 9'' x 7''. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, blind-stamped stag to front board. In original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Seredy in black and white. 96 pages. Ink owner name dated 1938 to front free endpaper. Jacket with lightly toned spine, some small chips with minute color touchup, a bit of edgewear with single tape repair to verso; evidence of seal removal to front panel. Book with subtle darkening at edges of boards, bit of soil to first leaf, offsetting to endpapers. Else clean.
(Inventory #: 14940)