Im Eise des Nordens: Aus den Hinterlassenen Papieren eines Schiffsjungen; mit 6 Vollbildern von Willy Planck
Stuttgart: Levy & Müller, 1926. Hardcover. Neunte Auflage. [8], 262, [2] p., frontispiece and 5 leaves of plates by Willy Planck; 22 cm. White cloth with blue-stamped spine and cover title, and cover illustration. On the front cover the author is given as "Karl Matthias." Endpapers printed with light grey publisher's emblem for Levy & Müller Verlag der Herold Bücher. No date of publication; the publisher began using Herold Bücher for children's books in 1926 and changed the name of the company to Herold-Verlag in 1933. Publisher's advertisement for their series "Abenteuer-Bücher für das reisere Knabenalter" on the final 2 unpaginated pages. The illustrator, Willy Planck (1870-1956), was a prolific and influential German book illustrator, known for illustrating the popular Karl May books. In Good Condition: cover is soiled; starting to fray at head of spine; cloth is starting to separate at lower back joint; hinges are weak; text and illustrations are clean and bright. Good. Item #004880
Price: $18.50