Buy this book on-line HILDA VAN STOCKUM : The Winged Watchman. With illustrations by the author. (SIGNED)A Bell Book, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1969
The eleventh printing of the first edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. Beneath the signature is inked "my mother", and a presentation inscription to the front free endpaper reads: "To Dear Charlie, With wonderful memories of your time at St. Andrews. All the best for the future love Mrs O'Neill" - possibly penned by one of the author's six children. 8vo. 204pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver at the spine. Some tape residue marking to the pastedowns and rear free endpaper. A very good copy in non-price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, very lightly rubbed and marked at the spine panel. The author's most celebrated novel, a story for children which recounts the true story of how traditional windmills were used by the Dutch resistance for signalling under the noses of German occupiers.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HILDA VAN STOCKUM : The Winged Watchman. With illustrations by the author. (SIGNED). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, livres rares, incunabula, livres illustrées and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |