Where is Martin?
London: Angus & Robertson, 1969/1968, 1st UK, "first published"; translated from the Danish by Virginia Allen Jensen; boards with wrap around illustration of High House flanking the tumbled down shops of Cats' Alley, text begins on endpapers; 6,75x9.5"; np. Picture Book hardback.
High House promises to be boring, no children and a bare yard, but then Laura traces her little brother Martin through a magical playground next door full of the High House children and other odd characters. Ib Spang Olsen (1921 - 2012) delights in children's imagination!
CONDITION: Good Plus; small attractive woodcut plate and stamp, tiny initials on fixed endpaper, 3/4" top spine flap appears closed but isn't, upper corner tips rubbed through, very clean, tight, and straight. IBC Spang Olsen delights in children's imagination! Item #21786
$85