Chimney-Sweep Tower

[light shelfwear only to book, soft vertical creases in pages throughout the second half of the book; the jacket is age-toned but still attractive, with small tears and tiny bits of paper loss at several corners, miscellaneous tiny edge-nicks, 1.5" splits at bottom front hinge and top rear flapfold]. (B&W line drawings) This children's tale, by an American author who had "spent her childhood in Dettelbach [the story's setting] and has intimately known the people who appear in the book," is set in a medieval Bavarian town "300 years older than Nuremberg" -- an interesting comparison to make, given that Nuremberg had achieved a certain notoriety in the news just a couple of years earlier (think Laws; think rallies). The story tells of "Oskar, a chimney-sweep's helper, [who] lives in a funny little wooden shack on top of an ancient tower [and] longs to be a musician."

Product Info

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Year: (c.1937)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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