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The Seed from the East

Object Details

Description
"The Seed from the East; The fabulous story of Harry Holt and his heartful of love for orphans" by Mrs. Harry (Bertha) Holt as told to David Wisner. First printing, 1956. Gold-stamped blue cloth hardcover in original yellow dust jacket featuring black-and-white headshots of the Holts' 8 adopted Korean children on front and a picture of Harry Holt walking with the children on a country road on back. 254 pp., black-and-white photographs incuded in text. Cost $3.50. Signed by the author on front flyleaf.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
publisher
Oxford Press
date published
1956
Credit Line
Gift of Holt International Children's Services
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
cloth (cover material)
ink (overall material)
gold (cover decoration material)
Measurements
overall: 1 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 21.59 cm x 14.9225 cm
Object Name
book
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