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MAGIC MAIZE
by Mary and Conrad Buff Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1953). A Newbery Honor Award-winning book. Contains ten color plate illustrations, one of which is a double-page spread, color illustrated end-papers, ten black-and-white plate illustrations and numerous vignette illustrations by Mary and Conrad Buff. The story of Fabian, a Mayan Indian boy who brings the white man's methods of growing corn to be accepted by his father--and the village. Former owner's inked name to the front end-paper, short erase-able pencil inscription and small address label to the title page, minor stain to the lower margin corners of the last few pages, else very good in lime-green linen with Mayan illustration in orange to the front cover, and with orange titles to the spine; in a fair, edge-chipped and torn dust jacket with two large pieces missing from the lower quarter of the front panel, one large piece missing from the lower quarter of the rear panel and from the spine panel; original $3.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. Quarto. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |