At the Back of the North Wind
by MacDonald, George; Jessie Wilcox Smith
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-154: David McKay. Very Good. 1919. First, thus. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. David McKay, Philadelphia, PA. 1919. 342 pgs. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with Color Plates. Signed by Jessie Wilcox Smith on the title page. First, thus. Bound in cloth boards with color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the half-title page. Light foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Victorian fairy tale that has enchanted readers for more than a hundred years: the magical story of Diamond, the son of a poor coachman, who is swept away by the North Wind-a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair-and whose life is transformed by a brief glimpse of the beautiful country "at the back of the north wind." It combines a Dickensian regard for the working class of mid-19th-century England with the invention of an ethereal landscape, and is published here alongside Jesse Wilcox's Smith's handsome illustrations. E-154; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56013
- Title
- At the Back of the North Wind
- Author
- MacDonald, George; Jessie Wilcox Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First, thus
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- E-154
- Date Published
- 1919
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