Bennet cory (6 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. 1903. Vi, 165 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This delightful children's tale, deals with a little girl and her dog's adventures and was obviously inspired by the phenomenal success of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which first appeared three years earlier. Fanny Cory would go on by the end of the same year, 1903, would illustrate L. Frank Baum's The Master Key. Two years later she would illustrate The Enchanted Island of Yew, her second and last book collaboration with Baum. The story has a familiar premise: another unflappable little girl and her dog on a quest while exploring yet another fairyland. But Maisie isn't looking for home. She seeks a fortune to compensate for the loss of her father's wood business now that the trains are converting from steam to electricity. They meet a giant with a telephone and travel by rail to visit the Queen in this modern fairyland lit by two suns and natural gas. Maisie, Snip and their fairy friends travel by bicycle and grasshopper to the suns and moon to earn the fortune and help her family. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…