320 p. Illustrated by William Donahey. First edition in a later state dust jacket. The third volume in the Miss Minerva series. Small octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with pictorial black stamping. Typical mild toning of the contents. A very good copy in a particularly fresh example of the dust jacket.
First printing (no additional printings listed). Light shelf wear. Previous owner's name, address and phone number are penciled on the front free endpaper. In a sound binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket has frayed spine ends with some loss. Light edge wear otherwise, with a short creased tear on the front panel. There is a small smudge on the front panel. The price, $1.25, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
First Edition. Fiction. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket with spine end wear, shallow chipping to spine, spine fading, and minor wear along the edges.
The text is clean with no markings. The binding is sound. The dustjacket is price clipped and shows some edgewear with rubbing and is protected in a mylar cover.
First printing (no additional printings listed). Light shelf wear. Previous owner's name, address and phone number are penciled on the front free endpaper. In a sound binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket has frayed spine ends with some loss. Light edge wear otherwise, with a short creased tear on the front panel. There is a small smudge on the front panel. The price, $1.25, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.
Miss Minerva's Baby, Childrens Black History Series#3,In Red & B/W Dustjacket of Lady with Candle & Little Boy in Shorts Looking at a Baby in a Crib. Billy Who Reported the Baby Was as Red as a Tomato & Smelled Like Violets. Little Josephine Has the App
By Emma Speed Sampson, Illustrated By Willaim Donahey in B/W,Back Blank Endpaper Former Owner STAMP, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped Top & Bottom, NO Frontispiece,
Miss Minerva's Baby, Childrens Black History Series#3,In Red & B/W Dustjacket of Lady with Candle & Little Boy in Shorts Looking at a Baby in a Crib. Billy Who Reported the Baby Was as Red as a Tomato & Smelled Like Violets. Little Josephine Has the App
By Emma Speed Sampson, Illustrated By Willaim Donahey in B/W,Back Blank Endpaper Former Owner STAMP, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped Top & Bottom, NO Frontispiece,
Publisher: Reilly & Lee Co Publ . Chicago, Illinois,
Date published: 1920
Format: Hardcover
HBDJ, 1920, 1st Edition, Early Issue, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, Bright Red & Black Cloth Illustrated vr of Lady Kneeling wearing aDress Holding a Naked Baby at Bathtub in Center of Room, with General light Wear Cvr, Spine Cvr lightWear, DJ light rub, wear tiny Chips tears Wear extremities, Spine DJ light fade, small end chips but Titles Intact, 320 Pgs, NO ADS in Back, Interior relatively Nice condition, light Wear FOX, 12mo. DJ Protected in Clear Mylar. .Little Josephine has the apperance of an Angel & personality of mischievous adorable Sprite.The [now] politically incorrect stories of life in the South, with Miss Minerva chaperoning her young charge Billy, with his 2 partners-in-crime, Jimmy Garner & Wilkes Booth Lincoln, Billy's 'colored' friend, who is often featured in the dj graphics.
DJ chips, boards show light wear. A very nice copy of a scarce book From the inside flap: Miss Minerva's baby was born in the last chapter of "Billy and The Major." Billy, who reported that the baby was "as red as a tomato" and smelled "like violets" and who fervently wished ;t looked as "good as it smelled," gets in the new book. The little fluffy-haired Josephine is a baby with appearance of an angel and the personality of a mischievous and adorable sprite. From the very beginning, the small heroine is a keen strategist absolutely irresistible. She manages every one even her strict and obdurate mother, whom she flippantly calls "Minerva."
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cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.