New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1868. Reprint. Octavo (15.5cm); brick red cloth, stamped in blind, gilt on spine; 180pp. Tear along front joint of spine, plus chips, material loss to heel and crown; boards show moderate rubbing, soiling, edgewear. Ownership signatures on ffep; foxing and soiling throughout textblock; bindings slightly shaken, else Good or Better.

German author/social reformer Heinrich Zschokke wrote many tales, including this popular story of a man who returns from a war (with a gnarly forehead scar and "enormous mustachios") only to find his hometown has sunk into vice and decay. He becomes the new town schoolmaster, but this is only the start of his mission to improve life for the spiritually impovershed people of Goldenthal. Contemporary newspapers list the "Happy Child's Library" as containing 18 volumes, of which this short fable of German rural life and moral persuasion was presumably a part.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 47468
Title: The Goldmaker's Village (Happy Child's Library)
Author: ZSCHOKKE, H[einrich]
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1868
Bookseller catalogs: Temperance; Literature Before 1900; Germany;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...