Vintage Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates hardback book by Mary Mapes Dodge - 1989 1st Edition popular leather bound and beautifully illustrated

Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge Beautifully illustrated by Edna Cooke and Maginel Wright.

1989 - First edition. Leather bound hardcover; front and back covers feature full color illustrations and intricate gilt borders. This book also features a decorative spine with gilt lettering and is
printed on quality acid free paper.
Children's Classics, NY

No dust jacket (I don't believe it was sold with one).

I plagiarized the following summary of the plot of the book from Wikipedia!

Hans popular Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.
The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater.
The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.

This book is in excellent condition, has never been read cover to cover, and only rarely even opened. Only the cover corners show a faint touch of wear.

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