First edition, 2nd printing. With imaginative pencil drawings throughout by Margot Zemach. 8vo, publisher s original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Color dustjacket by Zemach. 80. A very nice copy, clean and fresh, the dustjacket is slightly faded at the spine and turnovers and has a small closed tear at the head of the dustjacket upper hinge. A STORY OF ENCHANTMENT AND MAGIC FOR CHILDREN. Singer s story is sure to captivate young reader s with its spiritual tests and mysterious characters and adventures. "Long ago, in the days of the saintly Bal Shem, lives a boy Joseph of Singer s magical tale. Orphaned and alone, Joseph finds his life transformed when an angel he meets in the wild forest gives him an amulet that will bring him whatever he desires: a prayer book, bountiful meals, even an eagle which carries him to the kingdom of Good King Maltuch. Before he can win the hand of the Princess Chassidah, Joseph comes face to face with good and evil, in this world and in the world to come."-Publisher. Seller Inventory # 21080

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Title: ALONE IN THE WILD FOREST

Publisher: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Buddenbrooks has one of the finest selections of fine and rare books in several fields and we invite you to visit us at our new premises in Newburyport, Massachusetts where have an open "brick and mortar" bookshop. We are also available to meet with clients in Boston by appointment only, where we have maintained a presence for over 40 years. We offer a search service for any books, old or new, which you may have been unable to find. Please call for further information, we look forward to hearing from you.

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21 Pleasant Street, On the Courtyard, Newburyport, MA, 01950, U.S.A.

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attention of Martin Weinkle or Stephen Pepple.

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