Van Dyne, Edith (Emma Speed Sampson). MARY LOUISE STANDS THE TEST (The Bluebird Books). Chicago:Reilly & Lee Co., 1921.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Chicago:The Reilly & Lee Co. (1921). 1st edition.  223pp. Frontispiece by Harry W. Armstrong. Hardcover.  Blue boards lightly soiled and shelfworn with light mottling across boards.  Internally, aside from an occasional smude and slight age-toning to paper, a very good clean copy, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. Overall a very good clean copy. *Number 7 in the young adult series, started by L. Frank Baum, but continued after his death in 1919 by Emma Speed Sampson.

Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.

By Van Dyne, Edith (AKA Pseudonymn L. Frank Baum & Emma Speed Sampson ) B/W Glossy Frontispiece of Josie & Mary Louise FoXing Extremities By Harry W. Armstrong, FOrMER OWNER stAMP Back Endpaper, Pencil Marks Back Blank Flyleaf. Mary Louise Stands the Test By Edith Van Dyne, AKA L. Frank Baum, & Emma Speed Sampson , EARLY Vintage 1921, 1st Edition ( The BlueBird Books ) Very RARE & SCARCE Childrens Series Book, B/W Glossy Frontispiece of Josie & Mary Louise By Harry W. Armstro. Reilly & Lee Chicago, 1921.

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Description: HARDBACK NODustJacket, F-/VG+, NOJACKET, SOLD AS-IS, 1921, 1st Edition, Original Publishers Blue Lined Cloth lettered In Black, Front & Back Nice condition with Spotting & FoXing on Spine Cover altho Title is Bright, Interior Nice Tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 223 pgs, .B/W Glossy Frontispiece of Josie & Mary Louise by Harry W. Armstrong,

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

By Edith Van Dyne (AKA Pseudonymn L. Frank Baum , This Title Was Written By Emma Speed Samson Under the Name Edith Van Dyne, a Pseudonym of L. Frank Baum. Black and White Frontispiece By Harry W. Armstrong Josie & Mary Louise in Room By Fireplace, No o. MARY LOUISE Stands The Test, Series#7 in RARE Color DustJacket of Orange, Beige of Art Deco Dressed Girl Reading a Book with Red Hair, BlueBird Books ,Story of Her Married Life, Roses of the Honeymoon Had Hardly Faded Before Sorrow Came to the Little. Reilly and Lee Company, 1921.

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Description: no other plates. Front Inner Flap DJ Taped Detached Pricecliped, Blank Endpaper Small Stickers, HBDJ, 1921. Early Reprint, Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR, AS-IS FADED. Small 8vo, 223 pgs, NO ADS in Back. This title was written by Emma Speed Samson under the name Edith Van Dyne, a pseudonym of L. Frank Baum. with the DJ listing six titles on the rear flap ends with Mary Louise & Josie OGorman. 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 Small Chips Extremities Edges Yet Titles in Black & Illustration INTACT, Both flaps are detached but present with Tape Mending, 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. .Roses of the honeymoon had Hardly Faded before Sorrow Came to the Little Bride & Her Soldier-Boy Husband. When Danny Was Practically Driven From Home of his Beloved Girl-Wife, by reason of the Colonels Vagaries, She Refused to Give Up & Fought Fate Bravely., Her Friend Josie OGorman was Cheery Friend & Real Inspiration when Trouble Came, & The Higgledy Piggledy Shop was There to Fall Back On. Mary Becomes a Milliner when the Colonel Died & His Fortune Vanished & Danny was Reported Lost At Sea. There Followed MYSTERY & Excitement

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