Magic Maize by Mary Conrad Buff (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good -. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated third printing. Ex-school library with stamps and pocket on endpapers, sticker shadow on spine. Tight binding, clean interior. Pale green boards worn on corners, some faint smudging. Illustrated endpapers. Interior unmarked, b/w illustrations throughout. "Fabian a boy of Guatemala, grew up in traditional Mayan beliefs, but finds the courage to secretly plant 20 kernels of new maize, gotten from the gringos." 76 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Printing. Toned drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 76 pages; 1953 Houghton Mifflin Company. Oversize HC/DJ 4th printing. Soundly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $4.00 issue price intact to front flap. Light green cloth with titles at spine and pictorial emblem to cover in red. Color oictorial endpages and numerous full and partial page sepia toned drawings by the authors. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed with a few short closed tears and nicks at edges; front flap bottom front corner clipped. Prior owner name penned neatly to front flyleaf. Contents bright and fresh. VG+/VG.…

Hardcover. CONDITION: Near Fine without jacket. Picture Book hardback. An Indian boy of Guatemala encounters the old beliefs. Newbery Honor. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /C&MB, illustrator. /C&MB, illustrator. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First Edition (same date on title and copyright pages). Lime green cloth boards stamped in red. Light wear at head and foot of spine. Color illustrated endpapers. Sticker blemish in upper corner of ffep. Some spots of soiling on a few pages. Dust jacket shows edge chipping, including at head and foot of spine; spine worn; not price clipped ($3.00). DJ in archival sleeve. B/w illustrations plus several full-page color illustrations. 76, [1] pp. 10.75 x 7.75 inches. Magic Maize was a recipient of the Newbery Honor in 1954. Set in contemporary Guatemala, the story tells of the adventures of Fabian, a boy from a traditional Mayan family. Mary Buff (1890-1970) and Conrad Buff (1886-1975) were a married couple who co-created children's illustrated books. They resided in southern California and between 1937 and 1968 they published fourteen books.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Quarto in pictorial boards; 76 pp: color illustrations; 28 cm. Sewn library binding. The story of Fabian, a Mayan Indian boy, who uncovers a rare jade earplug while secretly planting "magic maize." The earplug and maize lead to adventures so unusual that even Fabian's stubborn father is convinced that the old and new can live in peace. Mary and Conrad Buff were a distinguished husband-and-wife team whose collaborations produced some of the most graceful and enduring children?s books of mid-twentieth-century America. Mary Marsh Buff (1890?1970), trained as both artist and storyteller, wrote lyrical texts steeped in myth, nature, and the American Southwest; Conrad Buff II (1886?1975), a Swiss-born painter renowned for his luminous Western landscapes, supplied the clean, geometric illustrations that gave their works a timeless clarity. Together they created classics such as The Big Tree (1946), Dash and Dart (1951), and Forest Folk (1938), often weaving ecological reverence with quiet moral vision. Their books?distinguished by rhythmic prose and a modernist visual simplicity?earned numerous honors, including Caldecott and Newbery recognitions, and remain exemplars of the seamless union of art and narrative in American picture-book history. | Maya, Mexico, Central Americ, Corn, Food crops, Farming, Agricultural. Illustrated Children's Books. Ex-library with standartd internal markings; else overall very good to vg(-) thus; light toning and sunning to boards; mild wear. Binding tight, leaves clean. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Collaborative effort by this award-winning team of children's book authors/illustrators, this one is a magical story about Fabian, an Indian boy in Guatemala, who secretly introduces seeds from a new variety of maize, introduced by the white man (gringos), then finds an ancient Mayan jade artifact. In 77 pages, with both pen-and-ink & full-color illustrations throughout, including the endpapers. The book is SiGNED with a personalized, dated inscription to verso of ffep by both authors, along with a gift inscription on same page to the same child. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1953, this hardcover 4to has light green cloth-covered boards stamped with a red Mayan image to front & lettered in red to spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, with cracking to the hinge between pages 44-45. Hinges secure, pages creamy white & unmarked with moderate tanning to edges, color illustrations vivid. Mild rubbing to extremities & slight bumping to corners & spine tips. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.00 price intact) is Poor, missing the lower third of the front cover, with larger & small chips, rubbing, & creasing all over; nicely protected in new mylar cover to preserve what's left. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Buff, Mary; Buff, Conrad (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A bright, clean copy. Inscribed by authors. Jacket in protective mylar ; B&w/Color Illustrations; 4to; 71 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. 77 pages, cloth. Story of an Indian boy of Guatemala illustrated with beautiful lithographs in fabulous color & black & white. Dj lightly edge worn with won small chip missing from top front edge Newbery Honor Book, no award medal on dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Fine in very good dustwrapper with some rubbing and a couple of tears.