Pictures for the Palace by Fifield, Flora - 1957

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1957. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. P. O's book sticker inside front board; some chipping flaws to dj; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new mylar wrap.. Nola Langner. 4 to; picture book format; red boards with white illlust. & decoration; unpaginated; 2 color illust. throughout; illust. dj.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1957. First Edition. Good copy. No jacket. In red cloth covers with designs in white on front cover. Square, intact copy. No writing anywhere. Clean text pages and illustrations. Bumping of ends of spine. About seven very small balck spots on front cover. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Nola Langner. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Vanguard, 1957. presumed 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Illustrator's first picture book. Suggested by the life of Japaneseartist Hokusai (1760-1849). Remainder-striped fore-edge Nola Langner artwork. near fine, vg+ dj, white-stamped rose cloth, oversized unpaged

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1957. First American edition. Very well-kept copy of this charming story of a boy who wanted to (and later became) the palace artist for the Japanese emperor, inspired by the legends of the early life of the artist Hokusai. Illustrated in black and white plus red, with red endpapers streaked with white, imitating brush-strokes. Red cloth printed in white, unpaginated (about fifty pages), printed dustjacket. Book looks and feels new, with no wear, firm binding, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has a small chip at the lower spine edge (about 1/4") but no other wear. Very clean copy.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Vanguard Press, 1957 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a Near Fine, clipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. 48 pgs, cloth. Story of a little Japanese boy who loved to draw & how he became the palace artist. Story was suggested by legends concerning the life of the Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849].