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Joggeli wott go Birli schüttle. Neui Bilder zum alte Värs. (A Boy Went Out to Gather Pears)

Aarau, Switzerland; Sauerländer & Co.; 1963, 1st; in Swiss German; orange shiny boards with white titles, illustrated with suns looking at cartouche of little boy and his basket, oblong oblong 8.75x3.8"; np. German/Swiss language small hardback.

An old cumulative folktale, charmingly reillustrated. with a branch of green pears on each white background spread and the little boy and his cohorts increasingly filling the space. Chaos in the end as all the pears fall down!

CONDITION: Very Good Plus; tiny owner initials, tight with sharp corners, slight splaying to this oblong book, and light foxing top edge, pages bright and clean. Item #21963

Price: $120.00

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