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LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Valenti Angelo 40
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country life--Italy--Juvenile fiction.
- Country life.
- Farm life--Italy--Juvenile fiction.
- Farm life.
- Boys--Juvenile fiction.
- Boys.
- Italy--Fiction.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Sixth printing.
- Manufacture:
- [Place of printing not identified] : Printed in the United States of America by Vail-Ballou Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Viking Press, 1966.
- Summary:
- The story of the simple pleasures and hard work of an Italian family, living around 1900 in a small village. Based upon the author's childhood.
- Contents:
- Green corn and crows
- The birthday rooster
- The Rakka box
- The picture
- Voices in the night
- The procession
- Easter
- Harvest
- The fair
- Christmas
- A New Year's gift.
- Notes:
- "First published October 1938 Sixth printing May 1966"--Verso of title leaf.
- John Newbery Award Honor (1939).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in publisher's library binding with label ("VIKING Library Binding") on dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 1390205791
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