BORDER HAWK: AUGUST BONDI by Alexander, Lloyd, Illustrated by Bernard Krigstein

Border Hawk: August Bondi by Lloyd Alexander, illustrated by Bernard Krigstein, published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc. copyright 1958 and the Jewish Publication Society. Hardback 182 page book with pictorial endpapers is quite clean and in very good+ condition. Dust jacket shows only very minor wear and has a couple of streaks of what appears to be dripped paint on rear-overall good to very good and in a Brodart protector. NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY!

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Farrar Straus & Cudahy/Covenant, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Bernard Krigstein. 182 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illust. by Bernard Krigstein. Dust jacket chipped, edgewear, price clipped Record # 60819

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1958 Inside pages clean and tight. Minor wear along dust jacket edges. Clipped DJ. first printing 182 pgs.. Dust Jacketed Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy and Jewish Publication Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown illustrated cloth binding. Illustrated endpapers and numerous other illustrations by Krigstein. Juvenile biography by the late Newbery Medalist, of August Bondi, who fought against slavery during the Kansas border disputes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages .

BORDER HAWK: AUGUST BONDI, Farrar Straus Cudahy , 1958, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. The authors 2nd novel and first work for children pre-dating his Prydain cycle by many years.

New York: Covenant Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Alexander, Lloyd. BORDER HAWK: AUGUST BONDI. New York: Covenant Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. First Edition. 8vo., A fine copy in salmon colored cloth with white & black titles & decorations in Bernard Krigstein illustrated dustwrapper showing a couple of tiny chips & tears. The story of August Bondi who in 1848 at the age of 15 fought on the barricades in Vienna. He made his way to America & shocked at the slavery he saw in New Orleans, ended up with John Brown & his seven sons fighting against people like the pro-slavery Border Ruffians. After John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry & his subsequent capture & hanging, he joined Company K, Fifth Kansas where he was badly wounded. After the war he became a revered citizen of Salina & at age 63 after much application passed the bar exam & became a lawyer. A great citizen, a man of action, a tender father, a reverent… Read More