Duffy Devil Cornish Tale by Zemach Harve (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as robust and distinctive as the higgledy-piggledy, cliff-hanging villages that dot England's southwestern coast from Penzance to Land's End. The language spoken by the Christmas players was a rich mixture of local English dialect and Old Cornish (similar to Welsh and Gaelic), and something of this flavor is preserved in Harve Zemach's retelling. Margot Zemach's pen-and-wash illustrations combine a refined sense of comedy with telling observation of character, felicitous drawing with decorative richness, to a degree that surpasses her own past accomplishments. Duffy and the Devil is a 1973 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1974 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books, and the winner of the 1974 Caldecott Medal. Zemach, Margot (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as robust and distinctive as the higgledy-piggledy, cliff-hanging villages that dot England's southwestern coast from Penzance to Land's End. The language spoken by the Christmas players was a rich mixture of local English dialect and Old Cornish (similar to Welsh and Gaelic), and something of this flavor is preserved in Harve Zemach's retelling. Margot Zemach's pen-and-wash illustrations combine a refined sense of comedy with telling observation of character, felicitous drawing with decorative richness, to a degree that surpasses her own past accomplishments. Duffy and the Devil is a 1973 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1974 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books, and the winner of the 1974 Caldecott Medal. Zemach, Margot (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as robust and distinctive as the higgledy-piggledy, cliff-hanging villages that dot England's southwestern coast from Penzance to Land's End. The language spoken by the Christmas players was a rich mixture of local English dialect and Old Cornish (similar to Welsh and Gaelic), and something of this flavor is preserved in Harve Zemach's retelling. Margot Zemach's pen-and-wash illustrations combine a refined sense of comedy with telling observation of character, felicitous drawing with decorative richness, to a degree that surpasses her own past accomplishments. Duffy and the Devil is a 1973 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1974 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books, and the winner of the 1974 Caldecott Medal. Zemach, Margot (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as robust and distinctive as the higgledy-piggledy, cliff-hanging villages that dot England's southwestern coast from Penzance to Land's End. The language spoken by the Christmas players was a rich mixture of local English dialect and Old Cornish (similar to Welsh and Gaelic), and something of this flavor is preserved in Harve Zemach's retelling. Margot Zemach's pen-and-wash illustrations combine a refined sense of comedy with telling observation of character, felicitous drawing with decorative richness, to a degree that surpasses her own past accomplishments. Duffy and the Devil is a 1973 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1974 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books, and the winner of the 1974 Caldecott Medal. Zemach, Margot (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Zemach, Margot (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. The book is inscribed by Illustrator. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Zemach, Margot (illustrator). inscribed by illustrator.

Condition: Very Good. 1974. hardcover. Ex-libris with minimal markings and mylar covering. Showing some age and light shelf wear but remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2d Ptg. Very large, thin, squarish book, green cloth with embossed plant, faded at bottom of bottom front and along bottom back edge, gilt lettering very fine on spine, light green color inside covers and adjacent end papers, rich, colorful illustrations throughout with a fair amount of text. DJ heavy paper, beautiful color-illustration of two 18th Century folk on picnic interrupted by little devil. DJ has very slight wear to tips and spine edges, several small smudges on back. Good DJ/Very Good book. Zemach, Margot (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Winner of the 1974 Caldecott Medal. A near fine copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a very good+ unclipped dustjacket (small neat tear to rear, some rubbing) All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1st UK edition; 4to; Vg/G+; d/w has wear & small closed tears to edges; Winner of the Caldecott Medal for 1974; a version of Rumpelstiltskin; a play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century performed at the Chritstmas season by young people who went from house to house. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by Margot Zemach (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 1974. hardcover. Ex-libris with minimal markings and mylar covering. Showing some age and light shelf wear but remains a very good copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for 1974. Illustrated in soft colours by MARGOT ZEMACH, vg dj (price unclipped) has 2 very short edge tears, a bit rubbed on spine. Green boards with gilt spine lettering, vg+. folio, (40pp). Margot Zemach (illustrator). …

Illustrated in color by Margot Zemach. 4to, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the Caldecott award for the "most distinguished American picture book for children.".