Gaba Den Lille: Gronlaender, Gitz Johansen, 1947

1940s edition of a young Innuit boy in Greenland. Strikingly illustrated with lithographs.

 

Text in Danish

 

Hardcover © 1947 by Gyldendal in Denmark

 

 

10 5/8” x 8 ¾” x ¼” thick. Weighs 7.7 oz

 

 

Corner of cover torn and worn. Spine has come apart and the pages, which were stapled to the cover, have come loose from the cover. The title page and back cover pages have scribbles in colored pencil. The main content is mostly free of any scribbles. The paper has yellowed with little foxing. Pages are also mostly free of damages to their edges, except for the title page, which is folded. The name "Eliza" is carefully handwritten at the top of the cover.