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| Title | In die weite welt: ein bilderbuch (cover) |
| Alternate Title | Far away from here: a picture book |
| Author | Meissen, Conny, 1887- ; Alyea, Evelyn (translator) |
| Publisher | Müller & Kiepenheuer
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| Publisher Location | Germany -- Potsdam |
| Publication Date | 1929 |
| Printer | Ernst Hedrich Nachf. G.m.b.H (Leipzig, Germany)
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints
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| Notes | Illustrated with color printed reliefs.
Translator's working copy. Translations are typed and inserted facing the German text. Translations of illustration captions are written underneath the German text in pen. Some of the German text has been crossed out in red pencil to indicate that that portion has been "adapted."
This story is about the travels of Totto, a doll from Africa, and Kimiko, a doll from Japan. They are rescued by two little girls in Italy and are adopted into a family of international dolls where everyone learns to live together happily.
The cover depicts the African and Japanese dolls on the coast of Africa. |
| Category | Discrimination and bigotry
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| Language | German
English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0085 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 20 p., [8] plates, [16] leaves of translations (some missing): illustrated; 20 x 20 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist L.136 |
