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New York-Paris, 1948. hardback. very good condition in a dust jacket.
MISS TWISTY ADVENTURES IN THE COUNTRY STORY IN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ... by Valira, Irene B. [Bashkiroff] - 1948
by Valira, Irene B. [Bashkiroff]
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MISS TWISTY ADVENTURES IN THE COUNTRY STORY IN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ...
by Valira, Irene B. [Bashkiroff]
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Paris & New York: [Privately Printed for the Author at the Imp. Union], 1948. Quarto (31 x 25.5 cm). Pictorial boards. 35 plates, with opposing captions. Lower edge and fore-tips shelf worn, otherwise very good or better in edgeworn, faintly soiled dust jacket with 3 cm. closed tear at top of front flapfold. First and only edition, trade issue. Two hundred copies were numbered and signed by the author. This copy is not numbered, but bears the author/artist's signed 1979 presentation inscription. The illustrations follow the adventures of the slightly grotesque "Miss Twisty" as she visits the country from the city. The author/artist is reputed to have been the daughter of V.N. Bashkiroff, a member of Kerensky's Provisional Government, and emigrated with her family after the Bolshevik Revolution. The front jacket flap bears a long statement signed "N. Gontcharova."
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MIss Twisty:, Adventures in the Country: Story in Illustrations
by Valira, Irene B
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Miss Twisty. Adventures in the Country. Story in Illustrations
by Valira, Irene B
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Granville, New York, United States
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Paris: Privately Printed, 1948. First edition. Hard cover in pictorial boards and old acetate dust jacket. Published Paris: Privately Printed, 1948. 4to., 10" x 12 1/4", unpaginated, illustrated with 35 episodes - full page plates with accompanying text line of a city girl's adventures in the country. Pictorial paper covered boards with paper backed spine. Boards are edgeworn, hairline split to the paper spine covering with loss at the crown. Spine and binding tight and secure. Good plus in good plus, clear dust jacket with tears/loss at the extremities. . 1st. Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.
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Miss Twisty;: Adventures in the country,
by Valira, Irene B
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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[n.p, 1948-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0.9843 12.4409 10.5512. Inscribed and signed by the artist/author on the limitation page, copy #25. Cover shows moderate wear, edgewear, and rubbing, missing the spine. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean.
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Miss Twisty: Adventures in the Country
by Irene B. Valira
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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[n.p. Used - Like New. Fine. Cloth, D-j. This edition is out of print.
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Miss Twisty: Adventures in the Country
by Irene B. Valira
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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[n.p. New. Fine. Cloth, D-j. 1948. This edition is out of print.
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Miss Twisty : adventures in the country / story in illustrations by Irene B. Valira
by Valira, Irene B
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Galway, Ireland
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New York - Paris : Union Paris, 1948. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards, in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 1v.: unpaginated, 35 plates ; 31cm. ""This edition consists of thirty-five delightful reproductions of original drawings by a young American artist, Irene B. Valira, who displays a keen insight into the comic reactions of an urban visitor to the country."" "" --front bookflap. Subjects: Country life -- Cartoons and caricatures.
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Miss Twisty Adventures In The Country (Inscribed)
by Children's - Valira, Irene B
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Avon, Connecticut, United States
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£101.16
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New York and Paris: Privately Printed, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardbound quarto. An illustrated children's book. INSCRIBED by the author/illustrator in 1957. Clean handsome very good copy. Well-bound with vellum spine/ Lacks the uncommon dustwrapper. Illustrations are oddly reminiscent of Artzybasheff.
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MISS TWISTY, ADVENTURES IN THE COUNTRY
by Valira, Irene B
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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£121.40
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London - Paris: The Author, 1948. First edition. Small bump to lower front corner, else fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Quarto. Written and illustrated by the author. A series of 35 full-page illustrations in black and white with brief comment en face to chronicle a city girl's visit to the country, all in Valira's unique comic style. Bound in color-printed boards.
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Miss Twisty: Adventures in the Country
by Valira,Irene B
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Hygiene, Colorado, United States
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£134.55
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New York- Paris, 1948. Classic rare edition consists of thirty-five reproductions of original drawings by Irene Valira, portraying the comic reactions of an urban visitor to the country. This text is a story told in pictures, and each plate has an adjoining page with a story captioning corresponding to the caricature. 136 pgs. Illustrated. Pictorial front and rear board covers also illustrated by the author. Parchment spine. Minor rubbing to corners and lower edge; small mark on lower outer edge. Dustjacket has a few closed tears on the edges and spine; small chunk missing on lower rear segment; some minor rubbed areas along the edges; and a small faded label removal mark on lower front cover. In mylar.. First Edition. Pictorial Paper-Covered Boards. Fine/Good. Illus. by Valira,Irene B.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed.
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Miss Twisty Adventures in the Country
by Valira, Irene B
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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£202.33
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Privately Printed, New York and Paris. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Green and yellow paper covered illustrated boards show light edge wear, faint offsetting to endpapers, square and tight. In tan edgeworn dustjacket with large chip bottom of front panel, now in protective mylar. Author/Illustrator's inscription front endpaper "To Martha and Harold...with all good wishes from Irene B. Valira. Valira Farm, New Boston, Conn." Miss Twisty sojourns in the country, her escapades captured in full page caricatures. ; MCF04377; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .
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