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    Home / Vintage Children's Books / German Vintage Children's Adventure Book, Sanella Promotional Album, 1952, Illustrated Central & South America
    Mittel und Süd Amerika 1952 Sanella album, yellow front cover with a green mask
    Inside front cover and first page, showing the text block loose from the binding
    Title page of Mittel und Süd Amerika: Conny Pünnebergs abenteuerliche Reise
    Close-up of the Margarine-Union AG Hamburg and Sanella-Bilder imprint
    Opening story page with a woodcut style portrait, Mittel und Süd Amerika 1952
    Color pictures of horsemen, dancers, and airplanes, Mittel und Süd Amerika
    Color pictures of coastal birds and desert machinery, Mittel und Süd Amerika
    Yellow back cover with an orange pattern, Mittel und Süd Amerika Sanella album
    Mittel und Süd Amerika lying at an angle, showing the front cover and edges
    Spine of the Sanella album Mittel und Südamerika, showing wear at the ends
    Mittel und Süd Amerika from below, showing the bottom edge and corners

    German Vintage Children's Adventure Book, Sanella Promotional Album, 1952, Illustrated Central & South America

    $14.99

    This is Mittel und Süd Amerika: Conny Pünnebergs abenteuerliche Reise, a 1952 Sanella-Bilder album from Margarine-Union AG of Hamburg, a German children's adventure book full of color pictures.

    The text block has come unglued from the cover, though the pages are still attached to each other, while the color pictures remain bright and the pages are unmarked, as the photos show.

    The story follows Conny Pünneberg on a journey through Central and South America, with pictures of horsemen, festival dancers, airplanes over cactus country, and coastal birds. Sanella, a German margarine brand, issued picture albums like this one for young readers in the 1950s.

    Details

    • Item: Children's adventure picture album, Sanella promotional book
    • Title: Mittel und Süd Amerika: Conny Pünnebergs abenteuerliche Reise
    • Author: Not confirmed from photos
    • Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
    • Publisher: Sanella-Bilder, Margarine-Union AG, Hamburg
    • Publication Year: 1952
    • Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
    • Format and Binding: Hardcover with illustrated boards
    • Dust Jacket: None
    • Pages: 71
    • Genre: Children's adventure and travel
    • Language: German
    • ISBN: None shown
    • Dimensions: 12.5 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches

    Condition Grade: Fair

    Positives

    • Graded Fair: Heavy wear or damage, every flaw is named in this listing, and it is a reading or working copy, not a display piece.
    • The book is complete and readable, with no missing pages or sections.
    • About 98 color pictures throughout, still bright and clear.
    • The pages are aged cream and yellow but unmarked.
    • The yellow cover keeps its green stylized mask, orange stone carving, and patterned borders, and the title page has green woodcut style art.

    Issues / Wear

    • The text block is unglued from the cover. The binding has separated, but the pages remain attached to each other.
    • The pages show aging and yellowing.
    • A slight old book smell.
    • Wear to the cover and spine ends from age and handling.

    Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.

    This 1952 Sanella album is full of bright color pictures of Central and South America, and it suits a shelf of German children's books. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

    • Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
    • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
    • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
    • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

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