The Story of Peer Gynt adapted by E.V. Sandys 1941 Vintage Book
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This is The Story of Peer Gynt, adapted by E. V. Sandys and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg, a 1941 Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover with its dust jacket.
The dust jacket shows wear and chipping at the edges and the book carries a pen inscription dated May 1942, while the pages have no rips or tears, as the photos show.
Based on Norwegian folklore and Ibsen's own imaginative inventions, the story follows the roguish life of the world-wandering Peer. The jacket flap notes that Miss Sandys adapted Ibsen's drama for children and wove in themes from the Grieg suite, such as In the Hall of the Mountain King.
Details
- Item: Hardcover book with dust jacket
- Title: The Story of Peer Gynt
- Author: Adapted by E. V. Sandys
- Illustrator: Fritz Eichenberg
- Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Publication Year: 1941
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, tan cloth boards with a red Peer Gynt cover stamp
- Dust Jacket: Yes, with a $2.00 price on the front flap
- Pages: Not confirmed from photos
- Genre: Children's folklore, Norwegian folk tale
- Language: English
- ISBN: None printed on the copyright page
- Dimensions: 10x8x2
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- No rips or tears in the pages.
- Dust jacket present, with the $2.00 price on the front flap.
- Full page black and white illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg.
Issues / Wear
- Wear and chipping along the dust jacket edges.
- A handwritten pen inscription on the front endpaper noting an award for attendance, dated May 1942.
- Brown stain marks near the bottom corner of the tan cloth board, shown in the close-up photo.
- Pages are toned with age.
This 1941 Crowell copy has Fritz Eichenberg's illustrations and a pen inscription dated May 1942, and it fits a shelf of folk tales retold for young readers. 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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