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Original artist's maquette for Get-a-way and Hary Janos. No date, but before 1933, when Viking published the first edition. Sixty-four pencil numbered pages. The title page and contents leaf are drawn in crayon and pencil. The first full opening, pages 4 and 5, is quite fully rendered in pencil, crayon, and watercolor. The next recto (page 7) has a very accomplished pencil sketch for an illustration; the book is otherwise blank. Two rough sketches are laid in by Petersham, Maud and Miska - 1933

by Petersham, Maud and Miska

Original artist's maquette for Get-a-way and Hary Janos. No date, but before 1933, when Viking published the first edition. Sixty-four pencil numbered pages. The title page and contents leaf are drawn in crayon and pencil. The first full opening, pages 4 and 5, is quite fully rendered in pencil, crayon, and watercolor. The next recto (page 7) has a very accomplished pencil sketch for an illustration; the book is otherwise blank. Two rough sketches are laid in by Petersham, Maud and Miska - 1933

Original artist's maquette for Get-a-way and Hary Janos. No date, but before 1933, when Viking published the first edition. Sixty-four pencil numbered pages. The title page and contents leaf are drawn in crayon and pencil. The first full opening, pages 4 and 5, is quite fully rendered in pencil, crayon, and watercolor. The next recto (page 7) has a very accomplished pencil sketch for an illustration; the book is otherwise blank. Two rough sketches are laid in

by Petersham, Maud and Miska

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New York, 1933. 1 vols. 10-1/4 inches (26 cm). Plain red cloth spine, front cover with watercolor drawing incorporating the lettering, front endpapers painted in watercolor. Minor staining to front cover. 1 vols. 10-1/4 inches (26 cm). From the husband and wife team who would eventually win the Caldecott Medal in 1946 for The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles. Provenance: Selma Lanes (author of The Art of Maurice Sendak, etc.)
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  • Date Published 1933
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The Rooster Crows A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles

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THE CHRIST CHILD / As Told by Matthew and Luke. Made by Maud and Miska Petersham.

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New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., [circa 1932]. [circa 1932], 1932. 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. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (Abridged Edition)

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THE ROOSTER CROWS A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles

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The MacMillan Company. Good with no dust jacket; Usual x-lib. Markings.. 1945, 1966. Fifteenth Printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library .
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The Silver Mace

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The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes

The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes

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The Story Book of Corn

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The Circus Baby

The Circus Baby

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Young Reader's Press, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. cover rubbed with tape neatly reinforcing sides of cover, pages clean
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A Bird in the Hand

by Maud And Miska Petersham

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A Bird in the Hand

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