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scarce title in series. book mderately cocked. price reflects that.

Red boards with black line drawing illustration on front, 311 pages, humorous b&w illus. Spine is creased and slightly cocked, but overall, the book is structurally sound. Mild shelf wear. Brief gift note in faded red pencil on front paste-down endpaper. Text is clean and tight.

Chicago and New York: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1936. Copyright 1936, likely first edition. Hard to find title with condition issues - please read complete description. Red pictorial cloth printed in black, with dustjacket. The book has had moisture exposure that mainly impacts the covers, endpapers and the interior of the dustjacket, but no musty odor. Covers spotted with both light and dark areas, evidence of old mildew to endpapers and blanks at beginning and end, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [1.25] and looks great from the outside with only minor shelfwear and tiny edge chips, internally stained from the red covers, very little paper loss. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago and New York: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1936. Copyright 1936, likely first edition. Hard to find title with condition issues-please read complete description. Red pictorial cloth printed in black, with dustjacket. The book has had moisture exposure that mainly impacts the covers, endpapers and the interior of the dustjacket, but no musty odor. Covers spotted with both light and dark areas, evidence of old mildew to endpapers and blanks at beginning and end, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [1.25] and looks great from the outside with only minor shelfwear and tiny edge chips, internally stained from the red covers, very little paper loss. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

Chicago and New York: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1936. Copyright 1936, likely first edition. Hard to find title with condition issues-please read complete description. Red pictorial cloth printed in black, with dustjacket. The book has had moisture exposure that mainly impacts the covers, endpapers and the interior of the dustjacket, but no musty odor. Covers spotted with both light and dark areas, evidence of old mildew to endpapers and blanks at beginning and end, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [1.25] and looks great from the outside with only minor shelfwear and tiny edge chips, internally stained from the red covers, very little paper loss. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

First Edition. Novel of two twins left on Miss Minerva's front steps and how they are taken in. Depiction of an African American mammy at dustjacket panels. Scarce Minerva title. Near Fine-Fine in Near Fine-Fine exceptionally bright example of the dustjacket.