There are four brothers and sisters of us at home, and as I am the eldest, it is natural that I should describe myself first. I am very tall and slim (Mother calls it "long and lanky"); and, sad to say, I have very large hands and very large feet. "My, what big feet!" our horrid old shoemaker always says when he measures me for a pair of new shoes.
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There are four brothers and sisters of us at home, and as I am the eldest, it is natural that I should describe myself first. I am very tall and slim (Mother calls it "long and lanky"); and, sad to say, I have very large hands and very large feet. "My, what big feet!" our horrid old shoemaker always says when he measures me for a pair of new shoes.
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Good. 283pp. Hardcover gray-brown boards with blue, orange, peach stamped illustrated boards. Boards are heavily worn with rubbing along edges; bumped corners; fraying to spine ends; sunning to spine. Front and rear hinges are stressed and exposed and slightly cracked but still holding. Water damage along top edge of pages but does not affect text. Binding is cracked throughout but still holding. In sound reading condition.
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Florence Liley Young, Illustrator. Very Good+ No Jacket. Book First Edition decorated American trade binding. Clean putty colored cloth boards with red, black and beige decoration (three children looking through gap in fence), decoration continued on rear board. Black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through; small bump to rear corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Beautiful old custom bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Illustrated by Florence Liley Young (12 two-color illustrations). Translated from the Norwegian of Dikken Zwilgmeyer. 283 pages.
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Florence Liley Young, Illustrator. Very Good+ in Fair jacket. Book Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Fair. Florence Liley Young, Illustrator. First Edition decorated American trade binding in original unclipped jacket. Clean putty colored cloth boards with red, black and beige decoration (three children looking through gap in fence), decoration continued on rear board. Black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges. Name and address of previous owner neatly penned on front free endpaper. Illustrated by Florence Liley Young (12 two-color illustrations). Translated from the Norwegian of Dikken Zwilgmeyer. 283 pages. Jacket is not price clipped (1.75 on front inside flap), has moderate soiling and chipping. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Young, Florence Liley. Very Good- No Jacket. Ex-Library B&W frontispiece. Text block pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Green boards, black decorations and lettering [library binding], clean but a little rubbing and small stain at back, colors bright, minor shelf wear. Original Copyright 1919, later edition, a Cadmus Book. Inger is a 13-year-old girl living in a small town on the coast of Norway. Through her adventures you will learn about life and customs of her country. Usual ex-libri markings. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.
