[book title] UNTA_AR0790-000-024

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Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The front cover has a full page, full color illustration of Heidi on a mountain path. She is wearing a dirndl and carrying a bouquet of flowers in on hand while petting a goat with the other. On her other side is another goat wearing a bell around its neck. Further back is a boy in a red hat with a walking stick sitting under a tree. Next to him are two more goats and across from him is one more. Surrounding the path are rocks, grass, flowers, and more trees. In the … continued below

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Spyri, Johanna 1934.

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Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The front cover has a full page, full color illustration of Heidi on a mountain path. She is wearing a dirndl and carrying a bouquet of flowers in on hand while petting a goat with the other. On her other side is another goat wearing a bell around its neck. Further back is a boy in a red hat with a walking stick sitting under a tree. Next to him are two more goats and across from him is one more. Surrounding the path are rocks, grass, flowers, and more trees. In the background are mountain tops jutting against a sky with clouds. On the cover page is a black and white illustration of Heidi and another child reading at a table. Also on the page is the title of the book and the names of the author, illustrator and publishing company. The page opposite has another full color illustration of Heidi standing barefoot next to a red sack in a grassy field with flowers. Sitting on a stool opposite of her is her grandfather smoking a pipe . In the background are two cabins framed by trees and a fence. The illustration is captioned "I Want to See What You Have Inside the House." On the first page of the first chapter is a small black and white illustration of Heidi and another child hiking up a mountain. On page 66 is a black and white illustration of Heidi and a woman dressed in travelling clothes walking over a hill. On page 67 is an illustration of a girl, possibly Heidi, sitting in a high backed chair at a table with a glass and a plate of food in front of her. On pages 116 and 117 are two more illustrations, one being Heidi and another woman next to the bed of a young girl and the other of Heidi remembering the Alps.

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  • Preferred Citation: Gustine Courson Weaver Collection (AR0790), University of North Texas Special Collections

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This collection contains the materials of Gustine Courson Weaver (1873-1942) and was originally part of the Historical Collection, and was given to UNT in the 1930s.

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Spyri, Johanna. [book title] UNTA_AR0790-000-024, book, 1934; Racine, Wisconsin. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2146948/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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