The Little Colonel in Arizona

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VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book complete with dust-jacket. "The Little Colonel in Arizona" By Annie Fellows Johnston. Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry. This is the Thirty-Third Impression, published by L. C. Page & Company Publishers, Boston, May 1944. 12mo, 19.8 cm x 13.9 cm x 4 cm, Burgundy cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering on spine & front cover, Clear embossed 'The Little Colonel' Trade Mark on back cover, Matt printed dust-jacket. 313 pages. Weight: 572 Grams. CONTENTS ARE LIKE NEW!!! However, dust-jacket is mostly clean but age tanned, discoloured, foxed & scuffed in places, holes on spine area, edges frayed, creased & torn with tiny pieces missing. Spine is clean & sturdy but with small area of damage where title is, slightly bumped & scuffed either end, gilt bright, binding tight! Cover is clean, edges discoloured & a little worn. Corners are straight & slightly scuffed. Ink annotation (name) on 1st end paper, transfer of ink onto front pastedown & dust-jacket flap. Page 255 is lightly soiled, text fully visible. Some pages' paper seems darker than others. Top edge slightly foxed & marked. Very light age tanning throughout. RARE ITEM, BOOK MOSTLY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! Another great volume from the famous Little Colonel Series (Trade Mark), a great book for girls telling the adventures of a young Kentucky girl nicknamed The Little Colonel & her friends, with 8 black & white illustrations on plates by Etheldred B. Barry. This story depicts her adventures in Arizona, and features her chums Mary Ware and Lloyd. 16 chapters in total, here are the first ten: I-Mary Tells All She Knows. II-A Robinson Crusoe of the Desert. III-A Day at School. IV-Ware's Wigwam. V-What a Letter Brought About. VI-Wash-Day and Washington. VII-A Surprise. VIII-In the Desert of Waiting. IX-Lloyd's Duck Hunt. X-The School of the Bees. We have other books from The Little Colonel series, so please check our listings, thank you! IN STOCK in the UK!!! We post the same day, or if that's not possible, the very next working day. Seller's Ref: 332-B. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-8727355879

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