The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia ASSOCIATION Copy Inscribed to Barbara Bader
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1968. Nonny Hogrogian (jacket and book design). First US Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 243, [2]. Dark red cloth, titles stamped in silver on the cover and spine. Author inscribed in ink on the front endpaper "For Barbara Bader whose first review meant so much - with best wishes, Esther Hautzig, March 12, 1969." Light damp stain to spine tail, head edge lightly dust-soiled. In the color illustrated dust jacket with price $4.50 intact on the front flap, embossed award medallion "Childrens Spring Festival Book World 1968 Honor Book" on the cover: spine ends and corners chipped, back panel chips and perforations. Near Fine / Good+. Item #6340
The story of a Polish family's arrest in Vilnius and exile to slave labor in Siberia until the end of WWII, and return to a very different Vilnius. Hautzig also wrote several books on practical life for adolescents. From the personal collection of Barbara Bader, critic, publisher of Kirkus Reviews and author of American Picturebooks from Noah’s Art to The Beast Within (Macmillan, 1976), Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Price: $75.00