Sebring Emma (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. 29 pages. Soft cover bound in sewn brown wrappers. Cover is worn - corners and spine are bumped, edges are creased. Hinges are sound and text clean. Illustrated with photos. School prospectus for the year 1910/11.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fuller, Maud S.; Petersham, Michael (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. The very first in what would become a two-volume collection of poems for children, illustrated by 2 of the most renowned children's book illustrators of the day: Maud Fuller & Michael Petersham. The book contain 105 short verses & longer poems by both famous & lesser-known authors, complemented throughout the book's 100 pages with pen-&-ink sketches. Table of Contents & Introduction by Emma J. Sebring (like the other 2 authors, also from St. Agatha's School) in front, Index of First Lines in rear. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1917, this small hardcover (5.50" x 7.50") has light tan cloth over boards colorfully decorated with an image of a girl holding flowers to front/blue lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: generally quite clean, with the occasional spot or smudge. Stamps from Sacramento County Free Library to all endpapers, else, clean & unmarked. Sewn binding is secure, but stitching is loosening on one signature. Hinges secure. Exterior shows mild darkening & light soil, cloth beginning to fray at corners & both ends of spine. Corners lightly bumped. No DJ, likely as issued. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.