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Henry Holt & Co. 1939. Bij-Vint.Child, This 183pages wide hardback is in NEAR FINE condition with hand wear. Also has some spine wear with pages that have smuges/small water spots. This book has a blue cloth spine with blue lettering stamped on. .

New York: Henry Holt And Company, ( 1938 ). First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto, 183 pages, blue cloth Here are numerous stories which are the favorites of John Barrymore, Jr.; Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Mary MacArthur, Josepha Heifetz, Shirley Temple, Irving Thalberg, James Ringling, Nancy Sousa, Jane Withers and more. This Baum tale originally appeared in THE SCARECROW OF OZ. Other author selected by these children include P. L. Travers, Mark Twain, Dixie Willson, Ernest Thompson Seton, Charles Dickens, others, and Johnny Abbe (who selected a tale told by himself). Includes photographs of the children, and biographical introductions to them. Claude E. Millard was renowned for his illustrations and Art Deco poster work.

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good. (c.1938). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [ex-library book with general overall wear and various attendant details (call number label on spine, remnants of small rectangular labels on both front and rear covers, library property stamp on front pastedown, date-due slip and discard stamp on ffep); text from jacket flap glued to rear pastedown]. (B&W photographs, line drawings) Condensed versions of various classics, selected by various "famous children" (which for the most part actually means "children of famous people"). There are a number of movie-kids involved, e.g. the children of John Barrymore (Dolores and John Jr.), Harold Lloyd (Gloria, Peggy and Harold Jr.), Barbara Stanwyck (Dion), etc., and of course child stars, genuinely famous on their own: Freddie Bartholomew, Shirley Temple, Jane Withers. Plenty of other recognizable names pop out at you from the table of contents, such as Kitty-Clemens… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt, 1938. First printing. 184 pp. Interestingly, a slip is tipped in at page 101 stating "Sarah Cone Bryant should be named as the author of Epaminondas, a Southern Nonsense Tale. This story appears in this book by mistake and without the permission of Miss Bryant or her publishers, Houghton Mifflin Company." Worn at the spine ends and corners. The hinges are cracked with mesh holding. A brief gift inscription dated Christmas 1938 is on the front pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front free endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by C. E. Millard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.