Translated russian guy daniels (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover in purple cloth covered boards with silver line drawing of a toy horse on wheels on frt cover, gilt title spine. Corners and spine ends bumped. Former owner's bookplate with name in space provided on inside cover. No other writing, no tears or soil in the crisp, tight, un-paginated (32pp) text, but book has a slightly damp smell if you stick your nose into it. Original jewel tone color illustrated dust wrapper show light color loss at some tips, small colored repair at lower frt tip of rear panel. Frt flap clipped at foot, with price present at head of same. Strange illustrations feature 'real' b/w character faces on color drawn bodies throughout. A hobby-horse is essential to a future cavalryman, both Timothy and his father agree. And it must be equal in beauty and spirit to the most fiery charger in the Russian Cavalry. Once the decision is made, no time is lost. But when the toy shop is unable to provide such a steed, the town blacksmith, the paper mill owner, the brushmaker, the carpenter, and even the painter must come to the rescue of the toymaker. The result is a mount worthy of the proudest general, and Timothy is well on his way to equestrian glory.…