Description
Good dust jacket illustrated with child riding a goose. Some staining to front panel, chipping at spine ends. price clipped. A mylar dust jacket has been added. The Near Fine binding is rust cloth over boards, boy riding goose printed on front in silver. Silver lettering on spine. Illustrated end papers with maps. Letter ‘H’ stamped on front free end paper. 200 Black-and-white illustrations by H. Baumhauer. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 9.2″ tall xx 6.3″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
When the famous Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf wrote the story of Nils, it immediately became one of the great living classics in juvenile literature, and was translated throughout the world for the enjoyment of young and old alike, Originally published in two volumes, the “Wonderful Adventures of Nils”” and the “‘Further Adventures of Nils.”‘ it has now been merged into one volume of attractive design, giving a permanent format to a permanent tale, The story, written with great tenderness, yet without sentimentality, blends some of the most lovely folklore of Sweden with the imaginative and fascinating account of the young protagonist’s experiences as he lived among the animals, big and small. Nils was a vicious boy, cruel to animals, and a problem to his Parents, until he met the elf who turned him into a thumbling-a small and weak creature at the mercy of animals and men alike. How, in the company of the wild geese with whom he travels over Sweden, he redeemed himself, is a story that should form part of any child’s moral education, for the book is permeated with a subtly conveyed message of brotherhood among all living things. This is one of the books to read and cherish as a child and to remember all through it as heart-warming experience.
