signed first edition Printed on laid paper. 24 cm; green cloth with a beige cloth spine, stamped front cover illustration, brown lettering on spine.
1950 · New York
by Courlander, Harold.
Courlander, Harold. Kantchil's Lime Pit and Other Stories from Indonesia. By Harold Courlander, with Illustrations by Robert Kane. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition, this copy signed and inscribed by both the author and the illustrator. [x; 150 pages] Printed on laid paper. 24 cm; green cloth with a beige cloth spine, stamped front cover illustration, brown lettering on spine. Dust jacket has clipped corners, with the price of $2.75 intact. A series of stories around Kantchil, a tiny mouse deer that stands only one foot high. This is a book written to bring folklore to children, with stories about wise men and foolish men, heroes, (truncated)