Helga's Dowry: A Troll Love Story SIGNED in Dust Jacket 1977 by Tomie de Paola [dePaola]

Title: Helga's Dowry: A Troll Love Story

Author: Tomie de Paola [dePaola]

Description: Inscribed by De Paola on half-title page. Second printing. Brown boards with white lettering and edge-ornamentation. Some wear to head of spine; minor board surface blemishes. Light blue endpapers. Dust jacket lightly chipped at head and foot of spine; surface scuffing and edgewear, not price clipped ($8.95). DJ in archival sleeve. 32 unnumbered pages. 10.25 x 8.25 inches.

Helga is the loveliest troll in three parishes, but has no dowry with which to marry. Not being one to sit and pout over her fate, she ventures out into the world of people, but things do not work out as she hopes. However, her real reward will surprise and delight.

Thomas "Tomie" dePaola (1934-2020) was a much lauded American writer and illustrator of children's books. He was educated at the Pratt Institute and the California College of Arts and Crafts and had a career that spanned more than half a century. In 2011, he received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lifetime contribution to American children's literature.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good–

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Janovich
Place: New York and London
Year: 1977

Language: English

ISBN: 0152337016

Keywords: children's, illustrated,