Windy Leaf

[Laura] Frances Gill

Published by Macmillan Company, 1924

About this Item

First edition, first printing, October 1924. Light blue cloth boards stamped in gilt. Pages crisp and clean. Dust jacket has very shallow chipping at head of spine; top edge has a couple small chips and short closed tears; front flap price clipped but still shows publisher's price of $1.25. DJ in clear archival sleeve. Color frontispiece with illustration (same as dust jacket cover) by N. B. Zane. 58 pp. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. J. K. Gill Co. bookseller label on rear pastedown. A book of verses of the woods, the garden, and the sky, and is dedicated to "all the little mortals who are still partly fairies." Many of them picture the fancies and joys of childhood. Laura Frances Gill (1884-1937) was the author of three books of poetry. She was the daughter of Portland businessman J. K. Gill and was educated at the University of Oregon and the University of California. Prior to her death, she had been a member of the Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) English department faculty for nineteen years. Seller Inventory # 011053

Bibliographic Details

Title: Windy Leaf

Publisher: Macmillan Company

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.