Shura, Mary Francis.

The Search for Grissi. Illustrated by Ted Lewin.

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985. 14.2 cm x 20.9 cm. 128 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fraying to dustjacket. Minor foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers. Highlighting and pencil markings within text by Masako Haugaard, who translated the book into Japanese. This was her working-copy. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

A fictional story about eleven-year-old Peter who struggles after his family move house, until the search for his sister’s missing cat leads Peter into a new world.

Mary Francis Shura Craig, née Young (born 1923) was an American writer of over 50 novels from 1960 to 1990. She wrote children’s adventures and young adult romances as Mary Francis Shura.

Theodore Peter Lewin, simply known as pen name Ted Lewin, is an American illustrator and writer of children’s books. Lewin and his wife Betsy Lewin, drew on their travels to exotic places such as the Amazon River, Botswana, Egypt, Lapland, the Sahara Desert, and India when collaborating on their many books. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue Two – Children’s Books · Children’s · Children’s Books · Children’s Books Rare · Children’s Literature · Fiction · Illustrated · Illustrated Books · Illustrated Children’s Books
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0396085849
• Inventory Number: 200192AB

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