Van Dyne, Edith [L. Frank Baum]. Mary Louise And The Liberty Girls. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1918.

Price: US$112.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 255 Pp. Light Blue Cloth Lettered In Dark Blue. First Printing (And Only Printing By Reilly & Britton). Light Wear And Soiling, No Fraying, Front Hinge Broken At Endpapers, Pencil Ownership Name And A Different Ink Inscription On Recto Of Frontispiece.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

By Van Dyne, Edith (AKA Pseudonymn L. Frank Baum & Emma Speed Sampson ) , No Other Plates, Previous Owner's Ex Libris Sticker Remains on Ffep, Bookseller's Unobtrusive Sticker on Front Pastedown. B/W Frontispiece By Alice Carsey of 5 Girls with Flag. MARY LOUISE AND The Liberty Girls Series#4 By Edith Van Dyne,, AKA L. Frank Baum & Emma Speed Sampson,in RARE Color DustJacket of Orange, Beige of Art Deco Scene of Blue Birds Flying Over Field, BlueBird Books . VERY SCARCE Childrens Series Books. Reilly and Lee Company CHICAGO, 1918.

Price: US$890.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HBDJ, 1918., Early Edition, Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR, AS-IS FADED. Light sunning to extremities cloth at head and tail of spine, dust soil to block edges, DJ with Campfire Girls series advertisement on rear panel FOX SOIL end with camp fire girls in Old Kentucky, shows some wear with chipping at head and tail of spine and cornertips, 3 1/2" closed tear at hinge of front flap, some dust soil and sunning, 255 pgs,NO ADS in Back. Small 8vo, with the DJ listing 5 titles on the rear flap ends with Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier. Full bound blue Decorated cloth with navy titles on front board and spine Cvr Light Wear. Some sunning to cloth at head and tail of spine, light dust soil to block edges, booksellers' stickers on front and rear pastedowns. DJ Shows significant wear, with Tiny & Small Chips Extremities Edges Yet Titles in Blue & Faded Orange & Illustration INTACT,Inner flap DJ tiny chipping along all edges, 1/2" chipped from head and tail of Darkened Spine DJ affects Titles & Publ sOmewhat, some sunning and dust soil. Back DJ Soil Fox & Edge Chipping Yet Titles INTACT End with Camp Fire Girls at Hurricane Island, Interior tight, crisp and relatively clean FOX & WEAR., B/W Frontispiece by Alice Carsey of 5 Girls with FlagLike Dresses on Carry Banner Says Liberty Girls of Dorfield on Streets, . Front Inner Flap DJ Taped Detached Priceclipped, Blank Endpaper Small Stickers rub wear, .This book was written to show what important tasks girls can/may accomplish when spurred on by patriotism. Mary wanted to do her Bit. so she organized Liberty Girls, Formed Liberty Shop which in their capable Hands became one busiest spots in Dorfield. Sent thousands of useful presents to gallant soldiers of Uncle Sam. Mary busy Stomping out German Propaganda in city. etc

Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.