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Heidi; A Child's Story of Life in the Alps
by Johanni Spyri
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$5.00$3.50
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933 The Saalfield Publishing Company, Chicago, IL. 1933. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on the FFFP dated 1937. Book Condition: Fair; moisture spots on the front board; small tear on spine; light toning to spine; moisture spots on tinted textblock top; wear through on lower tips. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with black lettering on spine and front board. Color frontispiece of Heidi. Sound internal hinges without splits. Clean internals. 404 pp 8vo. This is the classic story of a little orphan girl in the Swiss Alps. At the age of five, she is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can’t bear to be away from her grandfather; can she find a way back up the mountain, where she belongs? A presentable reading copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009723
- Title
- Heidi; A Child's Story of Life in the Alps
- Author
- Johanni Spyri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- The Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Heidi, Swiss Alps, orphan, fiction, adolescent reading,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Reading Copy
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- New
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- A.N.
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