The Seashore Book for Children

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1929. First Edition. W.H. SOUTHWICK & George SUTTON. [SIGNED] [JUVENILE] [NATURAL HISTORY]. W.H. SOUTHWICK and George SUTTON, illustrators.
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED. First edition. 8vo; 336pp; blue cloth over board, color pictorial onlay of an underwater scene framed by gilt fillets and a green seaweed pattern; gilt stamped lettering on front and spine; author inscription and signature on ffep "This book was written to help you to know the shore folk. Thornton W. Burgess, 1929, The Author"; color fp and 47 additional plates, a few in b&w; loss of color on bottom corners with associated light staining on some pages, light damp staining on some top edges, age-toned paper; very good. One of the wonderful children's books on the natural world by Thornton Burgess (1874-1965), the Massachusetts conservationist. He was a prolific writer penning over 170 books and 15,000 stories for his daily newspaper column. (WIKI) This book teaches its readers about the natural world through storytelling and with realistic illustrations.