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New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, [1953]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Laura Bannon. 87pp. Bound in green cloth stamped in yellow on cover and spine, in pink illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated by the author in full color and black and white. Very Good, pages clean, illustrations bright, boards bright , Dust Jacket Good, has heavy rubbing to spine and fore edges, some curling out along top front of dj. light soiling to front cover, overall slight age-toning. Beautiful, sharp copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Green hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. DJ has some soiling, chips top and bottom of spine, also LH top corner, chip top of back cover - shelfwear, edges rubbed - protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Pictures available upon request. Not Price-clipped. $2.25 on front flap. No editions or printings listed. No date on title page. Probably a later printing. Bookplate on ffep, blank with no name. Interior clean, bright, and tight. 86 pages includes b/w illustrations throughout. Three color illustrations toward end of book show the Fashion Doll, Gay Event, in her lovely outfits. Over a hundred years ago, the doll had been hidden away for safe keeping by Debby's great-great-great-grandmother. It is no wonder she searches everywhere on the farm for the doll once she finds out about it.. Illus. by Bannon, Laura. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Green hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. DJ has some soiling, chip top of spine, also - shelfwear, edges rubbed - protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Pictures available upon request. Not Price-clipped. $2.25 on front flap. No editions or printings listed. No date on title page. Probably a later printing. Name and year 1953 on fep. Interior clean, bright, and tight. 86 pages includes b/w illustrations throughout. Three color illustrations toward end of book show the Fashion Doll, Gay Event, in her lovely outfits. Over a hundred years ago, the doll had been hidden away for safe keeping by Debby's great-great-great-grandmother. It is no wonder she searches everywhere on the farm for the doll once she finds out about it.. Illus. by Bannon, Laura. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Houghton Mifflin. Collectible - Acceptable. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Green cloth with yellow illustration and spine lettering in pictorial dust jacket. 86pp. Illustrations. Fair book. Poor dust jacket. Dust jacket split in two, with most of the spine missing, and is price clipped. Personal library copy with due date slip and pocket on rear endpapers. Spine cracked. (Dolls, Juvenile Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1953]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/very good +. Bannon, Laura. 8vo. 88 pp. Bound in green cloth stamped in yellow on cover and spine, in pink illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated by the author in full color and black and white. Very Good+, pages clean, illustrations bright, boards bright with very slight bowing, in Very Good- dust jacket with heavy rubbing to spine and fore edges, two small holes to rear cover near spine, light soiling to front cover, overall age-toning. Beautiful, sharp copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1953. 8vo. 86, [2] pp. Illustrated half-title, illustrated title page, numerous text illustrations & plates (3 colour plates), colour-illustrated endpapers. Blue-green coloured cloth, illust. of doll in yellow holding parasol on front cover, yellow lettering on spine (very minor shelfwear, minor rubbing & very slight bumping to lower corners), w/ d.j. cover art of fashion doll by Bannon (minor chipping head & foot of spine, wear to corners, minor rubbing, upper corner clipped, $ 2.25 price written in lower corner in pencil), VG/VG copy. First edition of this remarkably rare, and beloved children’s book surrounding the mystery and treasurer hunt for a 19th-century fashion doll in Peterborough, NH by a young girl, hidden by her ancestor in a secret room. Fashion dolls, also called Queen Anne Dolls, were often made of wood, plaster, or bisque, with a fashionable hairstyle in flax or wool, and dressed in miniature clothes showcasing the latest couture of the day. The most… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Green hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. Except for previous owner name neatly written opposite half-title page, no writing, tears or marks. 1953 on title page and copyright page. DJ not price-clipped - $2.25 on front flap. A bit of shelfwear but overall displays quite nicely. 86 pages includes b/w illustrations throughout. Three color illustrations toward end of book show the Fashion Doll, Gay Event, in her lovely outfits. Over a hundred years ago, the doll had been hidden away for safe keeping by Debby's great-great-great-grandmother. It is no wonder she searches everywhere on the farm for the doll once she finds out about it. A nice copy of the first edition, first printing.. Illus. by Bannon, Laura. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Illustrations & cover art by the author. The book has a signature of previous owner on the front free end paper. This is the Dolphin binding (for libraries) but is not ex-library with pictorial boards that match the dj illustration. The dust jacket is clipped at the top corner & unclipped at bottom corner ($3.07) and has light wear to the extremities,