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Henry, Marguerite Auno and Tauno : A Story of Finland
Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Albert Whitman 1940 First Edition Cloth Blackwood, Gladys Rourke
Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full beige buckram with a large, full-color pastedown label on the front panel. Quarto. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaginated, with a full-color illustration on the recto of each sheet. There is a tidy gift inscription near the top of the ffep. and there is a 2" tear, fully closed, at the top of said page, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest general edgewear, a 2" closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, and a small chip at the rear flap-fold; the original price is intact. A very nice, collectible copy, colorfully jacketed.
"...The story of the twins, Auno and Tauno, presents a happy, intimate and friendly side of life in the country of Finland. Every morning Auno and her brother, Tauno, ski across the snowy hills to their school. But one day during a game Tauno fails to follow one of the rules and nearly hits another boy in the head. For his carelessness he has to stand behind the blackboard for two hours. Tauno soon shortens his punishment by stepping out of his new boots and leaving the school building; whereupon a great deal begins to happen..."
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120.00 USD
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