Hans Sees The World

New York: Covici-Friede, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. shelf wear to the book with more tips, corners, and edges of the jacket; creases, short tears, chipped. First printing, no others noted. The WorldCat locates twelve copies of this English, eleven in the US and one in the Swiss National Library. Story of a poor boy who starts out to find bread for his starving mother, who finds himself in a fairy-tale. Before he returns home, he must cope with difficulties in an often cruel world. From Wikipedia: "Lisa Tetzner (1894-1963) was a German-born Swiss children's book writer known for her work with fairy-tales. In 1924 she married Kurt Held, a Jewish Communist. They fled to Switzerland in 1933 to escape the Nazis and in 1948 became Swiss citizens. Her book, Die schwarzen Brüder was published in 1941. The Swiss censored her work fearing it may antagonise the wartime German government. Later her "socialist fairy-tales" became popular in East Germany. One of her best-known works is The Children From No. 67 series written as a collaboration with her husband. In the US Hans Sees The World was popular. It was a translation from her original German, published in 1934 by Covici-Friede." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!