Nursery Friends from France
Chicago: The Book House for Children [1927], 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-191, [1] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with gold lettering and gold decoration on the front board, a colorful illustration mounted onto the front board, two people in eighteenth-century dress with a goat, gold lettering on the spine. Colorful illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated title page. Each leaf with a color illustration. Illustrations done by Maud and Miska Petersham. Part of the My Travelship series. First published in 1925, this is the 1927 reprint. A charming children's book made vivid by the style of the Petershams, a team of artists from the American golden age of children's book illustration. Very Good. Item #000015286
Foxing to the boards, three or so leaves with a small spot of offsetting and a tiny gutter tear.
Price: $75.00