Tomek i Zaczarowana Furtka [Tony and the Wonderful Door]
by FAST, Howard; Józef Brodzki, trans.; Olga Siemaszkowa, illus
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Warszawa: Iskry, 1956. First Polish Edition. Slim octavo (25cm.); publisher's blue pictorial paper-covered boards; 77pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing along extremities, corners a bit bumped, textblock unifromly toned, else Very Good and sound. Translation of Fast's novel for young readers, in which the hero, a mixed-race, working class boy named Tony, discovers a door in his native Brooklyn which leads him into 17th-century Dutch New York. First issued independently by Fast's own company the Blue Heron Publishing Company in 1952, at the height of McCarthyism when Fast was unable to find a mainstream publisher due to his ties with the Communist Party.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45943
- Title
- Tomek i Zaczarowana Furtka [Tony and the Wonderful Door]
- Author
- FAST, Howard; Józef Brodzki, trans.; Olga Siemaszkowa, illus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Polish Edition
- Publisher
- Iskry
- Place of Publication
- Warszawa
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Communism; CPUSA; Eastern Europe / Soviet Bloc;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...