Books with title Hans Brinker or the Sikver Skates

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge, Harpers, 1924, 1st edition with Louis Rhead illustrations, 341 pages. Description; Black boards with gold lettering to spine only, top edge dyed yellow, full page pastedown on front board. The pastedown and the color frontispieces are by Frank Schoonover, with numerous other illustrations throughout by Louis Rhead. Condition; Near fine. Bright, tight example without marks or fading. The spine is solid and without creases but some of the gold is lost on the illustrator's last name, edges and points not frayed but the top points are soft, some fading to the top dye, some light soiling but nothing that takes away from luster of the illustration or the rest of the gold on the spine. No DJ.

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