Buddy at Rainbow Lake, or A Boy and His Boat; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Rainbow Lake. The Buddy Series

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1930. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/Good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. [JUVENILE] [JUVENILE SERIES BOOK].
Later printing. Number 4 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; two large old tears to rear panel with old tape, chipping to head of spine, light soiling; near fine in good dj. Jones 47. Not to be confused with the Buddy Books for Boys published by Grosset & Dunlap, The Buddy Series was a 1930s series of 21 books for young boy readers, from 6-10 years of age. The front flap states, "You will more than like BUDDY with his carefree ways, his cheerful smile, his boundless enthusiasm and his overflowing youth. BUDDY is certain to linger in your memory long after you have finished these stories.".