first edition Hardcover
1955 · New York
by TARRY, Ellen
New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Owner's stamped initials repeated on page edges and endpapers, modest wear on the boards, very good in price-clipped very good or a little better dustwrapper with light wear. Tarry was from Alabama and the author of the wonderful illustrated children's book of an African-American boy and his dog, *My Dog Rinty*. She also is is credited with being the first black woman to author an illustrated children's book (*Janie Belle*, 1940). (Inventory #: 419216)