Hitty; Her First Hundred Years
- Hardcover
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. Lathrop, Dorothy P.. First printing, octavo size, 219 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. A delightful children's book which tells the tale of a hand-carved wooden doll and her many adventures. "As far as I can learn, I must have been made something over a hundred years ago in the State of Maine in the dead of winter..." (p. 3).
Authored by Rachel Lyman Field (1894-1942) who wrote over twenty-five children's books and with illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891-1980) who provided the charming artwork for almost fifty children's books, "Hitty" would go on to win the Newbery Medal in 1930.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full decorated cloth over boards, small illustrated paper onlay on the front board, colour frontis an image of Hitty, small black-and-white illustration by Lathrop on the title page, lavishly illustrated with a total of twenty-three illustrations, two in colour (in addition to the colour frontis) twelve are full-page (printed on the recto only), the remainder being in-text; octavo size (8 5/8" by 7 1/8"), pagination: [i-vi] vii-xii, 1-207. In the publisher's dust jacket with a design mirroring the boards, although price-clipped one can discern the printed price of $2.50 on the front flap, summary of the book on the front flap, back flap blank.
___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; miniscule rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and the aforementioned minimal rubbing to the corners, else fine. The dust jacket a bit better than good, clean, all component parts present and attached; light sunning to the spine and fore-edge of the front panel, overall light wear, several closed tears (the longest of which is approx. 1 1/2"), wear at the head and tail of the spine (with some loss at the head) and two chips at the top of the front panel.
___CITATION: Baumgarten, Author, p. 75; Baumgarten, Artist, p. 123; Peter Parley to Penrod p. 147.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Authored by Rachel Lyman Field (1894-1942) who wrote over twenty-five children's books and with illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891-1980) who provided the charming artwork for almost fifty children's books, "Hitty" would go on to win the Newbery Medal in 1930.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full decorated cloth over boards, small illustrated paper onlay on the front board, colour frontis an image of Hitty, small black-and-white illustration by Lathrop on the title page, lavishly illustrated with a total of twenty-three illustrations, two in colour (in addition to the colour frontis) twelve are full-page (printed on the recto only), the remainder being in-text; octavo size (8 5/8" by 7 1/8"), pagination: [i-vi] vii-xii, 1-207. In the publisher's dust jacket with a design mirroring the boards, although price-clipped one can discern the printed price of $2.50 on the front flap, summary of the book on the front flap, back flap blank.
___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; miniscule rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and the aforementioned minimal rubbing to the corners, else fine. The dust jacket a bit better than good, clean, all component parts present and attached; light sunning to the spine and fore-edge of the front panel, overall light wear, several closed tears (the longest of which is approx. 1 1/2"), wear at the head and tail of the spine (with some loss at the head) and two chips at the top of the front panel.
___CITATION: Baumgarten, Author, p. 75; Baumgarten, Artist, p. 123; Peter Parley to Penrod p. 147.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Details
Title
Hitty; Her First Hundred Years
Author
Field, Rachel; Lathrop, Dorothy P.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Macmillan Company: New York
Date
1929
Edition
First Edition