THE COUSINS; Or Astrid's Happy Summer / By Helen Foster Anderson / Illustrated by Laura Bannon
Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Book Concern, 1946. Laura Bannon. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, small 8vo (5 3/4" x 8"), beige cloth with dark blue lettering on spine & front cover plus sketches of the cousins on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting both girls by Laura Bannon, illustrated with a glossy color frontispiece - five B&W plates - and elaborate full-color endpapers by Bannon, double-spread colored endpapers by LB, 198 pages. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #5065
SCARCE post-war Scandinavian-oriented children's classic.
Condition: VERY SCARCE INSCRIBED and in such a bright pictorial and complete ddust jacket (unclipped), though it has some soil, wear and losses to the dj's edges, The forehead of Astrid also has abraisions.
Price: $45.00