HANS BRINKER BY MARY MAPES DODGE. Hardcover in Great Condition.


The famous tale of Hans and Gretel & one pair of silver skates.

New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1945. Hardcover. Decorated cloth over boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Ten color plates and many B&W illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Sewn binding.  Great condition w/o dustcover.
Spine a bit faded, ends bumped, overall straight and tight. No marks on pages, illustrations are vibrant, bright.
 

When a new friend gives Hans and his sister Gretel enough money for one pair of ice skates, Hans insists that Gretel enter the grand skating competition, while he approaches the great Doctor who consents to try to restore their father's memory.
Category Topics: Fiction, children, kids, juvenile, youth, tween, teen, brothers and sister, ice skating, Holland, Netherlands