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New York: Reilly & Lee Co.. Good. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Plates; b&w drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 217 pages; 1929 Reilly & Lee Co. Larger format HC in publisher's green cloth with color pictorial panel mounted to the cover board. 1st edition presumed. Contents remain soundly bound and complete with color blates and b&w drawings by William Donahey. A long closed tear to the cloth the length of the rear joint has been archivally mended with judicious application of PVA. Front hinge tender with partial tear to lining pages in the hinge archivally mended with japanese kozo paper. The color pictorial panel mounted to the coverhas a few small surface abrasions and scratches and is showing the texture of the cloth through the design; there are also a few mild stary ink and pencil scribbles. Here and there some young child pencil marginalia has been erased; some scattered mild finger soiling to pages. Prior ownership in pencil at front; binding a little shaken with a few… Leer más

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. A Good Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Cloth with front colorful paste-on. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Shelf handling wear with rubbed corners, spine tips and a sun-faded spine. Gift inscription and bookplate. Small 4to; 10 inches tall; 217 pages. Illustrated with both [6] color and b/w plates and intext drawings by William Donahey (1883-1970). First Edition, First Printing. Uncommon in that only three copies are held in institutions. [OCLC, 38914625]. This, one of Ruth Thompson's rarest publications, collects her poems and short stories from the Philadelphia Public Ledger, as well as stories and riddles prepared exclusively for this book.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear to cover paste-on, light cock, some random foxing, a few black-and-white illustrations are neatly crayon colored, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Quite uncommon omnibus collection of Ruth Plumly Thompson's weekly writings for the children's page of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, preceding her 1921 contract to write Oz books. Color illustrations by William Donahey, black-and-white illustrations by Hammond. Two b&w full page illustrations and two b&w text illustrations are neatly colored in crayon. Old Corner Book Store, Boston, Mass bookseller's label on front free endpaper. A high-spot for any collector of Ruth Plumly Thompson. ; 217 pages .

Reilly & Lee Co.. Good. 1929. Hardcover. Color paste down rubbed and worn, some loss at corners and edges. Brown cloth spine frayed top and bottom' frayed at tips. All color plates present and in very good and bright condition. Cracked front and rear but holding well. Front matter including title foxed because of color plate. No other color plates are foxed. Paper toned, title lightly soiled. One leaf with one inch tear at bottom margin, next to 1/4 inch tear. Overall a pretty good copy. .