Quick, 1960, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Fourth Impression, Illustrated By: Franz Deak
Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and black-and-white drawings throughout, by Franz Deak. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed titles to the front panel. Bumping and rubbing to the book corners and rubbing to the backstrip edges. Gift inscription to the dedication page. Photographic dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. "She was a little Liechtenstein cow, with great ambitions. She wished to be champion milk producer of that year, where her milking stool as a crown, and lead the procession of herds down the mountainside in the age-old Lichtenstein harvest ceremony. But alas, she was small and poor quality of her yield gave her no hope of realising her ambition. And then a mountain saint, and a little child combined to produce a miracle shook the hills. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 7-53, (1) pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Franz Deak. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Mythology; Inventory No: 0111334.
Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and black-and-white drawings throughout, by Franz Deak. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed titles to the front panel. Bumping and rubbing to the book corners and rubbing to the backstrip edges. Gift inscription to the dedication page. Photographic dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. "She was a little Liechtenstein cow, with great ambitions. She wished to be champion milk producer of that year, where her milking stool as a crown, and lead the procession of herds down the mountainside in the age-old Lichtenstein harvest ceremony. But alas, she was small and poor quality of her yield gave her no hope of realising her ambition. And then a mountain saint, and a little child combined to produce a miracle shook the hills. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 7-53, (1) pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Franz Deak. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Mythology; Inventory No: 0111334.