Author: KIEVIET, C.JOH.,
Title: Uit het leven van Dik Trom. 7th edn.
Description: Alkmaar, Kluitman, [..], 1909. Orig. pict.col. publ. cloth. 224pp. 7 plates, many text-ills. of which some almost full-page, some as head-and-tail pieces, all after drawings by Joh. BRAAKENSIEK, [8]pp. of mainly illustrated publ. advert. at very end. ADDED: three press-clippings on the main character Dik Trom. The dutch classical juvenile, covering the adventures & practical jokes by a boy, called Dik Trom (not only his real name but his surname Dik also indicate a fat boy). A number of generations grew up with this book, it was, and still is, a tremendous succes in publishing juveniles.A nice copy in orig. publ. cloth. (some light shaving to upper- and lower outer joints and corners, contents very clean withouth the usual children's scribbling).

Keywords: youth literature juvenile adventures dik trom practical jokes dutch