first edition
1936 · New York
by Horn, Madeline Darrough; Wood, Grant
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of this tale of two boys visiting their grandmother's farm — with a stunning series of orange-background images by the great American regionalist and painter of "American Gothic." 9.5'' x 7.25''. Original blue cloth stamped in navy. In original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Orange pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Wood with 8 beautiful full-page color images. x, 78 pages. Jacket with a few shallow chips and a long closed tear to front panel, uniformly toned. Book with a couple creases to leaf corners, else clean and bright.
(Inventory #: 53291)