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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Front cover.
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Doodle and inscription by author.
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Interior page with illustrations.
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Eric von Schmidt

The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn, 1964
Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press
First edition. First edition. Signed by Eric von Schmidt, paired with an original pen-and-ink drawing of the story's be-hatted crow from page twenty.
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Front cover.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Doodle and inscription by author.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Interior page with illustrations.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Eric von Schmidt. Title page.
Von Schmidt's illustrations throughout offer a colorful and suitably spooky visual aid to his fable-like tale. Bound in full gray cloth with original price-clipped dust wrapper. Wrapper shows expected edgewear...
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Von Schmidt's illustrations throughout offer a colorful and suitably spooky visual aid to his fable-like tale. Bound in full gray cloth with original price-clipped dust wrapper. Wrapper shows expected edgewear and several chips. Overall very good.
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